Foreshadowing In Treasure Island
In the book Treasure Island, Robert Louis Stevenson shrewdly uses foreshadowing with the fear in association with Long John to show that he is not an Englishman but a pirate. Early on, Billy Bones warns Jim about Long John Silver, and because of the way Jim fears Silver it is obvious to the reader that Silver is not a good guy. When Jim first met Billy Bones, he saw him “looking as fierce as a commander” (15 Stevenson). So when Jim is told keep his “. . . weather-eye open for a seafaring man with one leg,” (17). He is worried about the day he will encounter this person. Jim sees Billy Bones as a strong as nails pirate, and if he has reason to fear Long John so does Jim. He imagines Lohn Jong “. . . I would see him in a thousand forms,