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The two protagonists that have many comparisons, is the main characters from Kidnapped and Treasure Island. The main character from Kidnapped is David Bulfor, and the main character from Treasure Island is Jim Hawkins. In Robert Stevenson’s novel, Kidnapped, the genre is Adventure Fiction. In Kidnapped David gets a letter from his father, his father told him to go to the House of Shaws. When David arrives he sees his Uncle Ebenezer. His Uncle Ebenezer Kidnapped David and tried to sell into slavery in the United States. David meets a friend named Alan on the boat, Alan helps David escape from his evil uncle. In another one of Robert Stevenson’s novels, Treasure Island, the genre is adventure fiction. The novel is about a boy named Jim who sets …show more content…

The lost of their fathers are a big impact on theirs lives and a big impact on the novel. David’s mom died when he was a younger boy, but David’s dad died when David was seventeen years old. It is hard to lose both of your parents before you have become an adult. David felt a big responsibility, he said, “since they are both dead, I shall be no near to in Essendean than in the kingdom of Hungary”(Stevenson 7). David’s responsibility was huge. David took care of himself until he arrived at his uncle Ebenezer house. David having his dad alive could have avoided all the bad things that happened to David, like being kidnapped by his uncle. Jim also lost his father, but Jim’s mother was there to take care of him. Even though Jim had his mother to take care of him, there is somethings that dads need to teach their sons. Jim needed his father a lot, especially because he was becoming an adult. Jim father was alive for a little while in the beginning of the story. Jim is only a teenager when his dad dies. His dad death had a big impact on his life. Jim found out the bad news when his mom said,“Jim your father is very sick and he will die soon”(Stevenson 13). Jim’s dad was also a pirate. Jim father could have been there to teach Jim the pirate ways. He also could have protected Jim in many ways. When Jim father became sick, he could not be the father figure he needed to be. Long John Silver is kind of like

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The protagonist in this story is Jim Hawkins, who is twelve or thirteen years old. On the beginning, he lives with his parents in a inn. He can be very courageous, like when he was gone back to the ship, when they were in Treasure Island. [quote: chapter 27, Pieces of Eight, page 250]: “I went below and did what I could for my wound; it pained me a good deal and still bled freely, but it was neither deep nor dangerous, nor did it greatly gall me when I used my arm. Then I looked around me, and as the ship was now, in a sense, my own, I began to think of clearing it from its last passenger—the dead man, O’Brien.

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And another of his most important events is to help Jim from dangers. Jim is a negro slave who escapes like him and seeing him as a friend, not a Negro slave, he learns from the past events that he loves and cares for others and tries to help

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By looking at specific moments throughout the novel, we can see how Jim changed from a man whose life was unfulfilling, to a man whose life comprised of leadership and confidence. As shown in his interview with Harry Nilson, Jim and his family had a haunted past. “My old

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Jim displays many father like characteristics towards Huck while on the river. Jim has a strong desire to keep Huck safe. During their trip Huck is approached by men who are searching for runaway slaves, and this makes him contemplate whether he should turn Jim in. Yet, Huck feels extremely guilty for even being curious on the topic and says, “S’pose you’d a done right and give Jim up; would you feel better than what you do now? No says I, I’d feel bad” (Twain 69).

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In addition, he was always happy to be with him, unlike his actual father. “I was ever so glad to see Jim,” (Document B). This shows that even though Jim thought Huck was dead, Huck still came back to see him because he cares about him so much. Jim was seen as a slave, a friend, and a father figure throughout The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Huck. He was a very important part of Huck’s life and helped him mature mentally and physically.

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Jim Inside every man lies the excitement of childhood burdened with responsibility. In the book The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn written by Mark Twain, Jim is thoughtful, logical, and superstitious. The first reason Jim is considered thoughtful is because he offers to help people without anything in return. For example, in the book Jim and Huck take turns doing night watch duty, so Jim will often tell Huck that he will wake him up when it is his turn, but let him sleep all night long, “I had the middle watch, you know, but I was pretty sleepy by that time, so Jim he said he would stand the first half of it for me” (p. 127). Jim offers to take the whole night shift, and not sleep at all that night, that act of kindness proves that Jim is thoughtful because he let Huck sleep becauses he knows that he is tired and wants to let him rest.

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Jim’s ability to oversee what he was, shows how deep and sophisticated Jim’s character is. Jim’s move to maturity is also signifyingly evident, Jim’s nature of being a man before his time is shown through his way of viewing the war after his involvement in the Great War. “The world when you looked from both sides was quite other than a placid, slow-moving dream, without change of climate or colour and a time and place for all.” (pg. 103). Jim’s character has grown up from his innocence, his has lost his vison of a beautiful world, and has shown that all the beauty of nature has no place in a war.

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