ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON BY GONZALO CALDERON

BOOK TREASURE ISLAND

TREASURE ISLAND BY CAROLINA VALLIN

 

Treasure island is a novel of Robert Louis Stevenson written in 1881.  The history takes place in the middle of the eighteenth century. It is the story of pirates who stole treasure from ships in the Caribbean. These pirates buried the treasure on an island. The pirates were cruel and violent. They all wanted the treasure. They fought and killed each other. Treasure island is not a true story. Captain Flint and Long  John Silver were not real pirates. Treasure island is not a real place. But there were pirates in many parts of the world in the eighteenth century. There were pirates in the Mediterranean, the Caribbean and the China Seas. Ships went from South  America to Spain. These ships carried gold,  silver and goods around the Caribbean. And they were often attacked by pirates. Some famous pirates where Captain Henry Morgan, Blackbeard and Mary Read. Trasure island is one of the most famous stories.

JONATHAN SWIFT AND GULLIVERS TRAVELS BY PABLO LOPEZ AND DAVID PEÑA

Gulliver´s  Travels

Gulliver is a man who went on a sea journey, but the ship sank because there was a storm. When he got up, he found himself trapped by a lot of very little men. They were the size of a thumb, but they trapped him with lots of arrows and ropes. Gulliver learned their language and they told them they were in war with other little men. Then Gulliver offered himself to help them in the war. Then, they released him.

Jonathan Swift

Jonathan Swift was an Anglo-Irish writer born in 30-11-1667. He is famous for writing Gulliver´s Travels and for being a prose master, and the most passionate  revelations, through humor and madness. He died in 19-10-1745.

 Pablo López Rauhut and David Peña García

TREASURE ISLAND BY ENRIQUE MAZON

TREASURE ISLAND SUMARY
The book was written in 1883 by Robert Louis Stevenson.  The Treasure Island is a book of adventure. Characters: Jim Hawkins the son of an inn, Billy Bones a pirate, Black dog an enemy of Billy Bones, Squire Trelawney, Dr. Livesey, Captain Smollett, Long John Silver -  The cook on the voyage to Treasure Island, Ben Gunn, Pew, Israel Hands and Tom Redruth.
PLOT
Set in the days of sail ships and pirates Treasure Island tells of the adventures of Jim Hawkins and his search for the buried treasure of the notorious pirate Captain Flint.
Robert Louis Stevenson
Robert Louis Stevenson was born November 13, 1850 in Edinburgh, Scotland, the only son of respectable middle-class parents. Throughout his childhood, he suffered chronic health problems that confined him to bed. In his youth, his strongest influence was that of his nurse, Allison Cunningham, who often read Pilgrims Progress and The Old Testament to him. He died in Vailima 3 of December 1894. 
By Enrique Mazon 2ºESO