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Stage 4 · The Grand Tour

Treasure Island

Robert Louis Stevenson · 1883

Young Jim gets a treasure map and sails against pirates, learning to read hidden motives.

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  1. Part 9Captain Smollett is rude and unpopular. Is he a bad captain, or a careful one?
  2. Part 13How does the island change the crew, and why does Jim decide to go ashore? Was it a brave choice or a foolish one?
  3. Last partWho can be trusted? How does Jim learn to see past what people say to what they really want?

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  1. Lesson 1FreeWho is the mysterious captain at the Admiral Benbow, and what is he afraid of?Start
  2. Lesson 2SubscriptionBlack Dog calls the captain his "old shipmate." Why does a visit from an old friend frighten the captain so much?Locked
  3. Lesson 3SubscriptionThe captain was a bully, yet Jim cries when he dies. How do Jim's feelings about the captain change?Locked
  4. Lesson 4SubscriptionJim's mother insists on taking only what the captain owed. Is her honesty brave or foolish?Locked
  5. Lesson 5SubscriptionThe pirates are greedy and fierce, yet they abandon their leader. What holds this gang together, and what breaks it apart?Locked
  6. Lesson 6SubscriptionWhat do the squire and the doctor find in the captain's papers, and why might keeping it secret be so hard?Locked
  7. Lesson 7SubscriptionHow does Jim feel as he leaves home for the sea, and what does the squire's letter tell us about how the voyage is being prepared?Locked
  8. Lesson 8SubscriptionWhat kind of person does Long John Silver seem to be when Jim first meets him? Why does Jim end up trusting him?Locked
  9. Lesson 9SubscriptionCaptain Smollett is rude and unpopular. Is he a bad captain, or a careful one?Locked
  10. Lesson 10SubscriptionOn the voyage, who seems trustworthy and who does not? Can we judge people by how kind or how rude they seem?Locked
  11. Lesson 11SubscriptionWhat does Jim learn about Silver from inside the apple barrel? How can a person seem friendly and be dangerous at the same time?Locked
  12. Lesson 12SubscriptionWhy do the captain and his friends decide to wait instead of fighting at once? Is waiting the wise choice?Locked
  13. Lesson 13SubscriptionHow does the island change the crew, and why does Jim decide to go ashore? Was it a brave choice or a foolish one?Locked
  14. Lesson 14SubscriptionWhat does Tom's choice show about courage, and what does this scene reveal about Silver?Locked
  15. Lesson 15SubscriptionWho can be trusted? How does Jim learn to see past what people say to what they really want?Review · Final essayLocked

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  1. 15The Man of the Island
  2. 16Narrative Continued by the Doctor: How the Ship Was Abandoned
  3. 17Narrative Continued by the Doctor: The Jolly-boat's Last Trip
  4. 18Narrative Continued by the Doctor: End of the First Day's Fighting
  5. 19Narrative Resumed by Jim Hawkins: The Garrison in the Stockade
  6. 20Silver's Embassy
  7. 21The Attack
  8. 22How My Sea Adventure Began
  9. 23The Ebb-tide Runs
  10. 24The Cruise of the Coracle
  11. 25I Strike the Jolly Roger
  12. 26Israel Hands
  13. 27"Pieces of Eight"
  14. 28In the Enemy's Camp
  15. 29The Black Spot Again
  16. 30On Parole
  17. 31The Treasure-hunt--Flint's Pointer
  18. 32The Treasure-hunt--The Voice Among the Trees
  19. 33The Fall of a Chieftain
  20. 34And Last

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