The writer's famous novel Treasure Island is unique and full of magical romance. Its treasure island is now a special administrative region of Cuba: Youth Island. He used to be called Treasure Island, also called Songdao. During the four-century colonial rule of Spain, it was a paradise where the world-famous pirates of the Caribbean roared and gathered. Those fugitives and pirates wandered around the sea, chasing Spanish ships carrying gold and silver treasures and commodities, taking them to this uninhabited island and hiding them in mysterious caves to enjoy them slowly. Treasure Island got its name from this.
The island is covered with dense tropical pine forests, hence the name Songdao. Giant lizards and iguanas in Central and South America, hard-haired mice, pigeons with coral backs, wild boars and other animals live in forests. The coast is irregular, and there are many small bays. The names of the small bays are all associated with the names of notorious pirates. The beaches in the south of the island are famous for their beautiful scenery. There are still 235 paintings of ancient indigenous Indians in six famous caves in punta del este. Haiti is a peculiar and beautiful coral geological structure with caves. There are countless tubular sponges, colorful fish, marine plants with Caribbean characteristics and rich seafood. This is an ideal place for diving and watching the underwater world. All kinds of animals, mainly seagulls and turtles; There are also pelicans, parrots, woodpeckers, imitation birds, golden hummingbirds and herons. The average annual temperature here is 27 degrees Celsius, rising to 28 degrees in midsummer, and it seldom rains. There are many beautiful islands near South Long Island.
Jim, the protagonist of the story, is a ten-year-old boy. Jim's parents run a hotel called Admiral Benbow in Black Mountain Bay. One day, a tall, strong, eye-catching and scarred guest came to the hotel. It turns out that he is Captain Bill.
Jim likes listening to Captain Bill's story very much. Those experiences that sound terrible, such as criminals being hanged, pirates walking blindfolded, sudden storms at sea, Spanish pirate nests full of bones and so on. It makes Jim love and fear every time, adding a lot of fresh and exciting topics to this quiet town.
Not long after, Captain Bill died in the hotel because he drank too much and was frightened. Jim came across a treasure map that Bill was carrying with him, which was printed by the pirate captain, so the story of Jim and a group of people looking for Treasure Island began.
Malicious pirates disguised themselves as ordinary sailors, including the sinister one-legged sailor Silver. Everyone pretended to go treasure hunting with Jim and Dr Livesey. This voyage is full of hardships and strange things. Not only has there been a fatal malaria disease, but there has also been a terrorist incident in which pirates rebelled in groups.
In the stormy waves, did Jim and his party finally find the Treasure Island, which is rumored to be full of gold treasures? Can they return safely with the treasure? And what will Silver, a sailor with one leg, do at a critical moment?
Treasure Island, full of adventure, adventure, excitement and vividness, will definitely give you an unexpected and profound experience!
Stevenson's Treasure Island also has a great influence on later generations. Treasure Island has been remake several times in Hollywood, and it is still very popular. It can be said that if children in China grew up watching Journey to the West, then children in the United States grew up watching Treasure Island, which is the best pirate novel ever.
[Edit this paragraph] Author introduction
Stevenson, English poet and novelist, 1850 was born in Edinburgh, Scotland. He was sickly since he was a child. When he comes of age, he intends to follow his father's career and become an engineer, but because of health problems, he turned to study law. In fact, his interest is literature. Two works with the theme of travel were published in 1878 and 1879, and they have been creating since then. From 65438 to 0879, he went to America and married Fanny Osborne, who was ten years older than him. At this time, Steven's lung disease became more and more serious, forcing him to settle in California with his wife and adopted son Lloyd, where the mild climate undoubtedly helped his health. He returned to Scotland on 1880. Stevenson conceived the story Treasure Island for Lloyd and published it in 1883. Once this story was published, it was immediately praised as "the best work of children's adventure stories", and Stevenson became a famous writer. For health reasons, he and his family had to move to Samoa Island in the Pacific Ocean until his sudden death in 1894. Stevenson wrote many works in his life, including poems and novels. He is famous for his novels, among which the most popular works are Treasure Island, Abduction, Paradise for Children's Poetry and Night Pond in a New Paradise.
Stevenson, the author of this book, is a man who can tell stories and write novels. He is a writer and a poet, and he knows children's psychology very well. This story was created by drawing a map of Treasure Island for his children during the holiday and imagining it wonderfully. This story book is characterized by changeable plots, just like the waves of the sea, which rise and fall one after another, one wave after another, tightly gripping the readers' heartstrings. But this story book does not rely solely on the plots to win by surprise, but more importantly, the central idea embodied in these plots. The name of the novel is Treasure Island, but it tells readers that the most precious thing is not gold and silver, but human love and sense of justice. On the contrary, the central figure of a group of people in the pirate struggle is Jim, who is friendly to people and has a clear distinction between good and evil. He inspired his wit and courage in the struggle for the treasure and finally won. Silver, who is opposite to Jim, is also a character with distinct personality. He can also be said to be a man of strategy and courage, but he went astray, so he was eventually spurned.
[Edit this paragraph] Literature
Cody, David (1995). Romance and reality of pirate life. ISBN 0-679-42560-8
Lightley, Emma, Ed. (1998). Treasure Island (Oxford World Classic). ISBN 0- 19-283380-4
Thomas Reid (2006). The cusp of change: Jekyll and Hyde, Robert Louis Stevenson, and the Victorian alcohol debate. ISBN 0-7864-2648-9
Harold Watson (1969). Treasure Island Coast; A Study on the Background and Source of robert louis stevenson's Legend of the Sea. ISBN 0-8 1 1 1-0282-3
[Edit this paragraph] Treasure Island
In the United States, there is another island in San Francisco called Treasure Island. I heard that it used to be (the main island was artificially developed and the island was natural). It was used as one of the important bases of the US Navy during World War II and was cut off in the late 1990s. Now it is used for tourism and a vocational school island managed by the government, called Task Force. The geographical location of the island is located on the bridge between San Francisco and Wulong City. Scenery: When the weather is fine, you can see the Golden Gate Bridge and three nearby cities. The night view of San Francisco is more beautiful.
Treasure island prototype
It is said that the prototype of Treasure Island is a small island called Cocoa in the sea 480 kilometers off the coast of Costa Rica. It used to be a rest stop and transit station for pirates in the17th century, where pirates loaded and unloaded looted treasures, adding mystery to this nameless island.
1820, Bolivar, the liberator of South America, pushed Lima, and the Spanish governor put countless gold and silver on board and fled in a hurry. When the captain saw the money, he killed the governor and took the treasure for himself. To be on the safe side, the treasure was buried in Cocoa Island. 1844, the captain died, leaving a treasure map that is difficult to distinguish between true and false. For a century, Cocoa Island has become a paradise for people who dream of getting rich. Many people came to the island to look for treasure, but found nothing.
What is puzzling is that in 1978, the Costa Rican government, which has always supported treasure hunting, suddenly changed its face and closed the island on the grounds of protecting the ecological environment, prohibiting people from continuing treasure hunting.
In this way, the treasure of Treasure Island will always be a mystery.