Treasure Island is an adventure tale, but it is also the story of one boy’s coming of age.This story includes a few opinions, I’d like to share it here.
On the one hand, the futility of desire.Treasure Island explores the satisfactions of desires, and indeed, the motivation of all the character if greed: everyone wants the treasure.By the end of the adventure, Jim and the crew got the treasure.But Stevenson casts doubt on the poibility of ultimate satisfaction.For the pirates, desire prove futile and goals unattainable, as the treasure map leads them to an empty hole.That hole is the symbol of the futility.Their greed and irrationality lead only to death, lo and diatisfaction.
On the other hand, the lack of adventure in the modern age.Stevenson suggest that the tale firmly belongs to the past rather than to the present.In the book, he means to point out that the life of the pirates is outdated, but he doesn’t mourn its lo.He makes us wonder whether the world is better off without the pirates’ charisma, charm and spirit.Thus he feels sorry for something that he feels is miing from the modern world in a sad tongue.
Shakespeare once said: do not, for one repulse, forgo the purpose that you resolved to effort.In the book , they keep trying, no matter what , that is a kind of spirit.This book implies the author’s romanticism, which is a great fortune to all the human beings.
The story is told in the first person by Jim Hawkins, whose mother kept the Admiral Benbow Inn, and who shared in the adventures from start to finish.An old sea dog comes to the inn one day and hires Jim to keep a watch out for other sailors, but he is hunted out and served with the black spot.Jim and his mother barely escape death when some pirates descend on the inn for the sea dog’s papers.Jim snatches up a packet of papers to square the sailor’s debt, when they were forced to retreat from the inn.The packet contains a map showing the location of the pirate Flint’s buried treasure, which Jim, Doctor Livesey, and Squire Trelawney determine to find.Fitting out a ship, they hire hands and set out on their adventure.Unfortunately, their crew includes one pirate also in search of the treasure, and a number of his confederates.Jim overhears the crew\'s plan to mutiny and warns his comrades.
The battle begins.Finally the victors get safely aboard the ship with the treasure.
内容简介
故事的主人翁吉姆，是一个十岁大的小男孩，吉姆的父母在黑山海湾旁经营一家旅馆名为「本鲍上将」。有一天，旅馆来了一位脸上带着刀疤、身材高大结实、非常引人注目的客人，原来他就是比尔船长。
吉姆非常喜欢听比尔船长讲故事，那些听起来挺吓人的经历，像是罪犯被处以绞刑、海盗双手被绑而且蒙眼走跳板、突如其来的海上大风暴、遍地骨骸的西班牙海盗巢穴等，每次都让吉姆又爱又怕，也让宁静的小镇增添了不少新鲜刺激的话题。
没多久，比尔船长因为饮酒过量加上受到惊吓而死在旅馆中，吉姆无意间发现比尔身上带着的一张藏宝图，那是海盗普林特船长所遗留下的，于是吉姆和一群人的金银岛寻宝的故事就此展开。心怀不轨的海盗们乔装成一般的水手，当中还包括阴森诡谲的独脚水手西尔弗。大伙儿假装跟着吉姆和利弗希医生一起去寻宝，航海的过程中，充满了千辛万苦和千奇百怪的事。不仅发生了足以让人丧命的疟疾病乱，还曾经发生海盗们群体叛乱的恐怖事件。惊涛骇浪中，到底吉姆一行人最后有没有找到传闻中那座遍地满是黄金宝藏的金银岛呢？他们又是否能平安地带着宝物归来呢？而独脚水手西尔弗又会在紧要关头使出什么阴谋诡计呢？
充满冒险乐趣、惊心动魄、精彩生动的金银岛，绝对让你有高潮迭起、意想不到的深刻体验！
斯蒂文森的《金银岛》对后世的影响也非常大，《金银岛》在好莱坞已经被数次改拍成电影电视，依旧十分受欢迎。可以这么说：如果说中国的孩子是看着《西游记》长大的，那么美国的孩子就是看着《金银岛》长大的，《金银岛》可算是有史以来最好看的海盗小说。
编辑本段作品起源
《金银岛》(又译《宝岛》)是史蒂文森所有作品中流传最广的代表作，其故事情节起源于史蒂文森所画的一幅地图。一八八一年冬，新婚不久的史蒂文森携夫人和养子回到苏格兰的住所。此时天气十分寒冷，屋外雨雪纷飞，全家人只好整天呆在屋内烤火。史蒂文森的养子劳埃德·奥斯本——一位十二岁的男孩要求他干一些有趣的事情来打发时光。于是史蒂文森拿起画笔,画了一幅题为“金银岛”的海岛地图，并把岛上的小山、河流和海港一一命名。史蒂文森后来回忆道：“当我望着金银岛地图时，本书中未来人物的面孔一一浮现在我的脑海里，他们在这几平方英寸的平面图上为探宝而厮杀搏斗，来回奔走。我记得我做的第二件事便是铺开一张纸，在上面写出本书各章目。”
