篇一：金银岛 读书报告2016.6.24
On Treasure Island
LiCaiyun, Class 4, 2014
English department, Foreign Languages School
I.Introduction
Robert Louis Stevenson was a British novelist, poet, travel writer and essayist. He was born in Edinburgh Scotland in 1850. Since he was young he broken in health. When he grow old he had planned to inherit his father’s career as an engineer. But because of his illness, he changed his major into law. However, his interest was in the literature actually. In 1878 and 1879, he published two works about the journey one after another. And since then he never stopped his writing. In 1879, he went to United States and married Fanny Osborne who was ten years older than him. Stevenson still had the serious lung disease and this condition forced him to take his wife and his adapted son, Lloyd settling in California. The mild climate there was beneficial to his health undoubtedly. In 1880, he returned to Scotland. He began to design the story, Treasure Island for his son and later it was published in 1883. What’s more, this book was regarded as the best works of children’s adventure story. And Stevenson has also become a famous writer.Due to the health problem, he and his family had to move to the Pacific island. In 1894, Stevenson died suddenly. In the 19th century, England was famous for her seafaring and was remarked as the sea overlord. At that time, many people dreamed about finding treasure at sea.
Stevenson has been greatly admired by many authors, including Ernest Hemingway, Rudyard Kipling, Vladimir Nabokov and J. M. Barrie. His best-known books include Treasure Island, Kidnapped, and Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde. A literary celebrity during his lifetime, Stevenson now ranks among the 26 most translated authors in the world.The book, Treasure Island was translated into many languages and has been adapted for film, television for many times. It has very far-reaching impact.
II. The Story of the Book
Jim Hawkins was a ten year old boy. He lived in the inn named Admiral Benbow with his parents. One day, an old pirate, Flint came to the tavern. And the whole story began.
Flint was the leader of the pirates. He leaded them gathering manytreasures and they put the treasure on the Treasure Island. But only Flint knew the place exactly. And he recorded everything in his map. This map was locked in his chest and nobody had seen it. Flint’s followers were thirsty for the map that recorded the treasures’ place. So they kept finding Flint all the time and did everything possible to get the map. Eventually Jim got the map with the price that his family was broken. For getting the help from others, Jim gave DrLivesey, who was the magistrate of the town, the map. And there was another person who knew the accident. He was the squire Trelawney. Trelawney and DrLivesey decided to go to sea and find the treasure. After about one month, the squire employed one captain Smollett, one cook, Silver and many sailors. So they began their voyage soon. At the beginning, everything went very well except for the captain Smollett’s dissatisfaction. The captain thought that the squire didn’t arrange the job distribution well and the members on the board was not well known each other. The behavior that the captain did not mince matters caused the others’ abominate for him, especially the squire. But in the end, the squire listened the advice of the captain.
The cook, Silver, was kind to everyone and full of energy. Although he was a cripple, he could move as a normal person even better than a normal person. He had been the cook on the Flint’s boat. And he was very popular in the Hispaniola. But in fact, Silver was very cunning. One night, Jim jumped into the barrel to eating apples. By chance, he heard that Silver wanted to persuade the other sailors to join his plan, betraying the others. Later, Jim Hawkins succeeded in fleeing the barrel and told what he heard to the DrLivesey and the squire. This finding made them have the mental preparation for what would happen in the next.
When the Hispaniolaarrived at the Treasure Island, Jim tailed with other pirate land the island without the Silver’s permission. On the island he saw the conflict between Silver and the honest pirate and the massacre. Because of the horror, he was afraid to come back to the Hispaniola, so he kept going forward. And to his surprise he met a person who lived in the
Treasure Island for three years alone. The man called Ben Guna.After going through sufferings, Jim brought Ben back to his group. Later, Jim steered the coracle lonely, leaving the wounded captain and the other members. Luckily, he succeeded in finding the Hispaniola and steered her into the sand beach where was safe.
And then Jim came back to the block-house, where they hided themselves. But beyond his expectation, the block-house had been occupied by Silver.Then Jim was captured by them. The other pirates wanted to kill Jim except Silver. At last, Silver succeeded convince others to keep Jim alive. What’s more,Silverand Jim reached an agreement that Silver saved Jim’s life and Jim should give him a way to live if they came back to the Hispaniolasafely. Afterwards, they were lucky enough to escape the dangerous condition.But a leopard cannot change his spots. On the way they came back to home, Silver escaped with lots of treasure.But the other people all thought it’s better for him and themselves.
III. My Views on the Book
Treasure Island’s success relies not only on the plot but also the depiction of the characters. For example, in the very beginning the description to the captain, “his tarry pigtail falling over the shoulders of his soiled blue coat, his hands ragged and scarred, with black, broken nails; and the sabre cut across one cheek, a dirty, livid white.” This can easily lead people thinking of a murderous pirate.
Secondly, although this novel’s name was Treasure Island, what it wanted to pass on was not the gold and silver. What it really wanted to transmit was the love of the humanity and justice. Among the group of combative pirates, Jim was on the contrary. He was friendly to people and he could distinguish the good from the bad. His witty and brave was inspired in the conflict of the seizing treasures. Finally, they won the game. The opposite of Jim was Silver. He was also a distinctive character. And we can also say that he was a man with courage and plans. However, the way he chose was a way full of sins, so eventually he was cast aside by people.
Thirdly, we can feel the seduce of the money through reading this novel. The direness for money can change the attachment between people. It can cause the dog-eat-dog. But in reality, the money is innocent. What makes the money terrible is the human’s desires. In a word, we should treat money rationally. Only in this way can money become the most
useful items.
篇二：金银岛读书报告
The Treasure Island
“Treasure Island”, written by Robert Louis Stevenson, is one of the adventurous, legendary, classical, literary and bilingual series, which consists of “Treasure Island”, “King Solomon’s Mines”, “Champions Childhood”, “Dead Poets Society” and “The Moonstone”. The story happens when pirates are prevalent and fashionable. If you have a gun and have gone to sea, you deserve to be called a pirate. I think the cause of the story should attribute the success to the great sea-chest turning up afterward in the story.
The hero and first person of the story is still a little child when it happens. One day, a brown old seaman, with a sabre cut on his face, takes up his lodging under the hero’s father’s roof, which combines the child’s fate with pirates and the treasure. The child gets the precious map of the treasure, after the old seaman’s death. With that map, he makes friends with several gentlemen and magistrates of the town, and then comes along with them, starting the exploring voyage of the great treasure. Since there is a great treasure under discovery and most of the sailors are greedy pirates, a mutiny seems to be destined to happen. However, it turns out to be what it should be. So an insidious match takes place between two parts, one is leaded by
the magistrates, and the other is in favor of the tall John, a one-leg seaman. At the beginning of the voyage, the hero, Jim, is still a childish little boy. But as it’s going on, he gradually becomes carefully, cautious and brainy. He realizes what he deals with is not childhood playmates, not his familiar neighbors, but cruel and tricky pirates. Only he performs strong and useful can he not be bullied, not be killed. Under the brave performances of Jim and the perfect strategies of the magistrate, the riot ends up with the victory of justice, and everyone gets what he deserves to get.
I have to admit that the plots of the history are fascinating and unexpected. It looks like a rock road, and you never know what are waiting for you in the next fork. When I’m reading the book, I feel I’m enjoying a big and delicious dinner. There is always something preventing my eyes away from the word between the lines. From the hero, I know fear is useless, although it often appears in our life, and you will never know what the God has stored for you, maybe some good things or not so bad results, unless you have a try. Sometimes, what really matters is not what the result looks like, but the knowledge we can learn from the valued experiences we survive.
篇三：Treasure island金银岛读书报告
Treasure Island
The story is told by Jim Hawkins himself, whose mother kept the Admiral Benbow Inn. An old sea dog comes to this peaceful inn one day, apparently intending to finish his life there. He hires Jim to keep a watch out for other sailors, although it is dangerous, he is still served with the dangerous place. Jim and his mother barely escape death when Blind Pew, Black Dog, and other pirates were trying to search for the sea dog’s papers. Jim grabbed up a packet of papers to pay up the sailor’s debt when they were forced to leave the inn. The packet contains a map showing the location of the pirate Flint’s buried treasure, which Jim, Doctor Livesey, and Squire Trelawney wanted to find. After they find a ship, they hire people and set out on their adventure. Unfortunately, their crew includes one-legged Long John Silver, a pirate also in search of the treasure, and a number of his crew member too. Jim, hidden in an apple barrel, heard the plan of the crew to betray them. The battle between the pirates and Jim’s party is an exciting and bloody one, taking place both on the island and aboard ship. Later, Jim escapes from the ship, discovers the marooned sailor, Ben Gunn, who has already found the treasure, and finally they get safely aboard the ship with the treasure.
The story is excellent. The adventures of Jim Hawkins are filled with suspense. This is one of the best books I have ever read. The characters are realistic, they are so skillfully portrayed. Every time I start this book again, the excitement comes over me, and I think "This is the best book in the world!" Although it took a long time to get through the first couple of chapter's, I would recommend this book to people who like pirates and adventure stories. This is a fantastic tale of bravery and heroism. I don't know how things would have turned out if it hadn't been for Jim Hawkins. At the end, the main
character, Jim becomes a loyal and responsible person.
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