Arianda Guerrero 10.30.2019 Dallas Hulsey EN-213
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Arianda Guerrero
10.30.2019
Dallas Hulsey
EN-213
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Eye for an Aye and A tooth for Some Loot.
Justice in Treasure Island
Arianda Guerrero
10/30/2019
Children's Literature
Dallas Hulsey
10/30/2019
Children's Literature
Dallas Hulsey
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QUESTIONS
- With the concepts of good and evil we are left to decide who wins and who loses?
- Is justice served?
- Are good characters compensated and are bad characters deprived of reward?
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For thirty years," he said, "I've sailed the seas and seen good and bad, better and worse, fair weather and foul, provisions running out, knives going, and what not. Well, now I tell you, I never seen good come o' goodness yet.(Stevenson 199)
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good vs evil in "treasure island"
- Those captained by Captain Smollett are on the side of legality.
- Pirates captained by Long John Silver represent indicipline, murder and illegality.
- Throughout novel Jim Hawkins confronts situations that require ethical positioning from him.
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how is justice served?
- Jim had to become a pirate to restore legality, this does not make him bad, but Justice is served due to his acts of piracy being for the purpose of good.
- Good and Evil are necessary elements for justice.
- Israel Hands dying at the hands of Jim Hawkins
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WHAT HAPPENS TO THE BAD GUYS
- Tom Morgan, Dick Johnson, and a third fellow are left in the Island to suffer slow painful deaths. Climate is not safe.
- Throughout story we also see how pirates lose due to poor morals and drunkenness.
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hOW GOOD OVERCOMES
- "But I see you was the right sort. I say to myself: You stand by Hawkins, John, he's yours! ... You save your witness and he'll save your neck!" (Stevenson 222)
- Whether Silver switched for greed, Jim's virtue created a change of heart.
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good wins. (mostly)
- Stevenson's has a way of showing punishment is received according to fate, more than justice. Jim Hawkins was spared by Silver.
- Tom Redruth was unjustly killed, however he was granted a ceremony on the island for his respects.
- Justice is shown when the Jim and his crew return and share the wealth.
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"Here you are, in a bad way: ship lost, treasure lost, men lost; your whole business gone to wreck; and if you want to know who did it -- it was I!" (Stevenson 219)
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Jim confesses to Captain Silver, and his virtue and courage spare his life, which proves Israel Hand was wrong, good can come from good.
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