“You need to see that life is not always perfect. We will not always get what we want. And though it hurt a lot, what should have happened happened. Who should have left, left, and whatever's thrown you off course will always bring you to where it is you need to be.” Jim Hawkins is the main character he is 17 years old when he writes about his adventure. Jim lost his dad so him and his mom are struggling to keep the inn safe. Jim then leaves his mom and heads out to sea with Dr. Livesly and the Squire. In Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson the character Jim Hawkins is changed by one of his parents dying, he is changed by being away from his family, and he is changed by the men or is friends on the ship as they mold him into a man. …show more content…
When Jim is preparing for the trip he is told to go see Captain Silver who will he will end up very close to. He is very scared to find him because he is told that he has one leg and meets exactly what the seafaring man at the inn tells him to watch out for ‘a seafaring man with one leg’. He quickly learned not to judge people by thier cover. “He was very tall and strong, with a face as big as a ham-plain and pale, but intelligent and smiling. Indeed, he seemed in the most cheerful spirits, whistling as he moved about among the tables, with a merry word or a slap on the shoulder for the more favored of his guests.” (42; ch. 8). He learns that no matter how big and scary someone looks they could still be really nice. The crew helps to teach him to come when he is needed because if he doesn’t he is going to cause something to happen to who called him. “‘Jim, Jim!’ I heard him shouting. But you may suppose I paid no heed; jumping, ducking, and breaking through, I ran straight before my nose, till I could run no longer.” (73; ch.13). “People change for two main reasons: their minds have open or their hearts have been broken.” -Quoteistan.com. Jim Hawkins in Robert Louis Stevenson's Treasure Island is changed a lot throughout the book. His mom, dad, and friends help change him in many ways, they change his feelings, how how he thinks, and how he acts. His dad changes his feelings and makes him emotional. Not seeing his mom changes how he thinks by making him more independent. Lastly his friends or shipmates whip him into shape and change how he acts by making him more