Daniel Dufoe's "Robinson Crusoe" and Robert Louis Stevenson's "Treasure Island", have many similar themes, symbols, and action sequences. ... In Treasure Island, guns are a large part of the battle between the captain's crew and the mutineers. ... In contrast, Jim's narration of "Treasure Island" often skips the tedious parts. ... It almost seems as though "Treasure Island" is echoing many details from "Robinson Crusoe". ... In "Treasure Island", we find a similar lack of involvement of female characters. ...

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Isolation and alienation, together with experimental forms of expression, came to characterise serious literature, while cinematic techniques and the elaboration of popular genres came to dominate other forms of cultural expression. ...

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