Treasure Island Author Analysis
Treasure Island
Rob Johnson May, 2012
About the Author
Robert Louis Stevenson
Stevenson was born on the 13th of November in the year 1850 in Edinburgh, Scotland and died December 3rd, 1894 in Vailima, Samoa. Stevenson was of Scottish descent and was the only child of Thomas Stevenson. At age six, Robert attended his first school and found it hard to fit in, and this problem kept persisting at an older age when he attended the Edinburgh Academy. Stevenson entered the University of Edinburgh to study engineering. He showed from the start no enthusiasm for his studies. It Is said that Robert suffered from an illness known today as Bronchiectasis and could have possibly been sarcoidosis. Illness would continue persist in his Adult life which left him extremely thin. His frequent illnesses often kept him out of the picture in his first school and was taught for long periods by private tutors. Stevenson also was a late reader, and started reading around age 7 or 8, but before this, it is said that he used to dictate stories to his mother and his nurse and compulsively wrote stories throughout his childhood. His father Thomas, also used to write stories on his spare time until his father discouraged him in writing stories and was told it was nonsense. But, Thomas on the other hand, was proud of Roberts interest in writing, and even paid for one of his first publications at 16, which was an account of ‘’covenanters’ rebellion’’. Stevenson has been known for several books, but some of which aren’t as famous as his 3 best-known books which include Treasure Island, Kidnapped, and Strange Case of Dr. Jeykll and Mr. Hyde.
Summary
Jim Hawkins is a young boy who lives at his parents’ inn, near Bristol, England, in the eighteenth century. An old sea captain dies in the inn after being presented with a official pirate verdict of
Rob Johnson May, 2012
About the Author
Robert Louis Stevenson
Stevenson was born on the 13th of November in the year 1850 in Edinburgh, Scotland and died December 3rd, 1894 in Vailima, Samoa. Stevenson was of Scottish descent and was the only child of Thomas Stevenson. At age six, Robert attended his first school and found it hard to fit in, and this problem kept persisting at an older age when he attended the Edinburgh Academy. Stevenson entered the University of Edinburgh to study engineering. He showed from the start no enthusiasm for his studies. It Is said that Robert suffered from an illness known today as Bronchiectasis and could have possibly been sarcoidosis. Illness would continue persist in his Adult life which left him extremely thin. His frequent illnesses often kept him out of the picture in his first school and was taught for long periods by private tutors. Stevenson also was a late reader, and started reading around age 7 or 8, but before this, it is said that he used to dictate stories to his mother and his nurse and compulsively wrote stories throughout his childhood. His father Thomas, also used to write stories on his spare time until his father discouraged him in writing stories and was told it was nonsense. But, Thomas on the other hand, was proud of Roberts interest in writing, and even paid for one of his first publications at 16, which was an account of ‘’covenanters’ rebellion’’. Stevenson has been known for several books, but some of which aren’t as famous as his 3 best-known books which include Treasure Island, Kidnapped, and Strange Case of Dr. Jeykll and Mr. Hyde.
Summary
Jim Hawkins is a young boy who lives at his parents’ inn, near Bristol, England, in the eighteenth century. An old sea captain dies in the inn after being presented with a official pirate verdict of