... on the island for three years and is also a reformed pirate. He helps Jim and the others overcome the pirates and take the treasure home. Once home he manages to spend all his money in three days and becomes a porter for the rest of his life. The plot of the story is something like this: In the ... the others in an attempt to get the treasure map. However, for the time being the Captain and co. are safe in the stockade. Jim splits, then manages to sneak into the stockade and is reunited with his friends. They spend an uneasy night in the stockade and the next morning Silver approaches wav...

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• Grade Level: High School

... audience wanting more Stevenson left them with loads to think about. Despite the fact that the story itself is over one hundred years old, it is still extremely popular and manages to keep the reader interested the whole way through. Because the plot is so enthralling, Stevenson teaches his lessons and passes on his morals without boring or lecturing the reader ... and its power. Lord of the Flies opens our eyes to the capacity for evil in our world through well-developed characters and the cunning use of symbolism. Cast Away manages to instill in us recognition of the importance of tim...

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... win the battle, but the captain is wounded. Jim sneaks away from the stockade that night, finds Ben Gunn's handmade ship, and sails it out to the Hispaniola, which he manages to single-handedly steal, killing a bloodthirsty pirate named Israel Hands. Jim returns to the stockade late that night, and sneaks inside--but his friends are gone, and he finds himself ... ...

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• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School