Captain Flint – the clues in Treasure Island | David K. Bryant Captain Flint – the clues in Treasure Island The story of a pirate king Picture courtesy of Rocky Rochford At last, after more than 250 years, Captain Flint has his own biography. Until now, he’s had to make do with flashbacks in “Treasure Island” because he was dead by the time that story began. Now my new book, “Tread Carefully on the Sea”, reveals just what Flint was like and how he dealt with the challenges of failing health, possible mutiny and the threat of the hangman. Why and how did Flint come back alone after taking six men to bury the treasure? How did Billy Bones come by Flint’s map where X marked the spot? The answers are in “Tread Carefully on the Sea”. Here are the major references to Captain Flint’s deeds and character in “Treasure Island” by Robert Louis Stevenson Robert Louis Stevenson Note: Despite all the references to Flint in Treasure Island, not once is his first name given. The only clue is the initial “J” on the map at the front of the book.

TREASURE ISLAND AND CAPTAIN FLINT CHAPTER 3 Billy Bones says: I was first mate, I was, old Flint’s first mate and I’m the on’y one as knows the place (where the treasure is buried). He gave it (the map) to me in Savannah, when he lay a-dying…” CHAPTER 6 Squire Trelawney says: “He was the bloodthirstiest buccaneer that sailed. Blackbeard was a child to Flint. The Spaniards were so prodigiously afraid of him, that, I tell you, sir, I was sometimes proud he was an Englishman. I’ve seen his top-sails with these eyes, off Trinidad, and the cowardly son of a rum-puncheon that I sailed with put back – put back, sir, into Port of Spain.” CHAPTER 11 Long John Silver says: “…the old Walrus, Flint’s old ship, as I’ve seen a-muck with the red blood and fit to sink with gold.” Long John Silver goes on to say that he sailed first with England then with Flint. “I laid by nine hundred safe, from England, and two thousand after Flint…Where’s all England’s men now?

I dunno. Where’s Flint’s? Why, most of ’em aboard here…” Long John Silver says: “There was some that was feared of Pew, and some that was feared of Flint, but Flint his own self was feared of me. Feared he was, and proud. They was the roughest crew afloat, was Flint’s; the devil himself would have been feared to go to sea with them. Well, now, I tell you, I’m not a boasting man, and you seen yourself how easy I keep company; but when I was quartermaster, lambs wasn’t the word for Flint’s old buccaneers.” CHAPTER 15 Ben Gunn says: “I were in Flint’s ship when he buried the treasure; he and six along – six strong seamen. They were ashore nigh on a week, and us standing off and on in the old Walrus. One fine day up went the signal, and here come Flint by himself in a little boat, and his head done up in a blue scarf. The sun was getting up, and mortal white he looked around the cut-water. But there he was, you mind, and the six all dead – dead and buried.

How he done it, not a man aboard us could make out. It was battle, murder, and sudden death, leastways – him against six. Billy Bones was the mate; Long John he was quartermaster, and they asked him where the treasure was. ‘Ah,’ says he, ‘you can go ashore, if you like, and stay,’ he says; ‘but as for the ship, she’ll beat up for more, by thunder!’ CHAPTER 19 Ben Gunn says: “…the old stockade, as was made years and years ago by Flint. Ah, he was the man to have a headpiece, was Flint! Barring rum, his match were never seen. He was afraid of none, not he; only Silver – Silver was that genteel.” CHAPTER 31 Long John Silver says: “…by thunder! if it don’t make me cold inside to think of Flint. This is one of his jokes, and no mistake. Him and these six was here alone; he killed ’em, every man; and this one he hauled here and laid down by compass, shiver my timbers!” One of the pirates says: “…but if ever sperrit walked, it would be Flint’s.

Dear heart, but he died bad, did Flint. “Ay, that he did,” observed another; “now he raged, and now he hollered for the rum, and now he sang. ‘Fifteen men’ were his only song, mates; and I tell you true, I never rightly liked to hear it since. It was main hot, and the windy was open, and I hear that old song comin’ out as clear as clear – and the death-haul on the man a’ready.” CHAPTER 32 “He were an ugly devil,” cried a third pirate with a shudder; “that blue in the face, too!” “That was how the rum took him,” added Merry. “Blue! well, I reckon he was blue. That’s a true word.” “Fetch aft the rum, Darby!”…”They was his last words,” moaned Morgan, “his last words above board.” Well, they’re not his last words now. Captain Flint speaks clear in “Tread Carefully on the Sea”. ~ Order from Amazon here: Treasure Island - Flint was cap'n; I was quartermaster, along of my timber leg.

- Book Drum by geoffmills999 Jim, Long John Silver and his Parrot (from the 1911 edition of Treasure Island) In the piratical world, the quartermaster was only one down in rank from the captain. He was usually elected by his crew and was in charge of discipline, as well as leading the pirates into attack when they boarded another ship. Many quartermasters went on to become a ship's next captain. He was also responsible for dealing with pirates who transgressed the articles, the agreed code of conduct for each pirate ship. Captain of the Revenge, John Phillips, set the following code for his pirates in 1724: I. Every Man Shall obey civil Command; the Captain shall have one full Share and a half of all Prizes; the Master, Carpenter, Boatswain and Gunner shall have one Share and quarter. II. If any Man shall offer to run away, or keep any Secret from the Company, he shall be marooned with one Bottle of Powder, one Bottle of Water, one small Arm, and Shot. III.

If any Man shall steal any Thing in the Company, or game, to the Value of a Piece of Eight, he shall be marooned or shot. IV. If any time we shall meet another Marooner that Man shall sign his Articles without the Consent of our Company, shall suffer such Punishment as the Captain and Company shall think fit. V. That Man that shall strike another whilst these Articles are in force, shall receive Moses’s Law (that is, 40 Stripes lacking one) on the bare Back. VI. That Man that shall snap his Arms, or smoke Tobacco in the Hold, without a Cap to his Pipe, or carry a Candle lighted without a Lanthorn, shall suffer the same Punishment as in the former Article. VII. That Man shall not keep his Arms clean, fit for an Engagement, or neglect his Business, shall be cut off from his Share, and suffer such other Punishment as the Captain and the Company shall think fit. VIII. If any Man shall lose a Joint in time of an Engagement, shall have 400 Pieces of Eight ; if a Limb, 800. IX.

If at any time you meet with a prudent Woman, that Man that offers to meddle with her, without her Consent, shall suffer present Death. Captain Flint - The Full Wiki The Full Wiki More info on Captain Flint Wikis Note: Many of our articles have direct quotes from sources you can cite, within the Wikipedia article! This article doesn't yet, but we're working on it! See more info or our list of citable articles . Top rankings for Captain Flint 27th From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Map created by Robert Louis Stevenson Long John Silver finding the skeleton of seaman Allardyce, illustration by Georges Roux, 1885 Captain J. Flint (first name never given in full in the novel) was the fictional [1] captain of a Pirate ship , the Walrus, in the novel Treasure Island of the Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-1894). It is a certainty that Stevenson knew the book A General History of the Robberies and Murders of the Most Notorious Pyrates (1724) by Captain Charles Johnson [2] and that he used some themes and characters from it.

Flint was responsible for burying an enormous treasure (approximately £700,000) on an island located in the Spanish Main in which he was assisted by six of his crew-members. After the treasure was buried, he murdered all six of them and left the corpse of Allardyce with outstretched arms pointing to the location of the treasure. The location of the treasure was marked by Flint on a map dated 1750 that was entrusted to his first mate William "Billy" Bones , and later into the hands of the hero of the novel, Jim Hawkins . The only person Flint was said to fear was his quartermaster John Silver , who later even called his parrot "Captain Flint" in mockery. Flint is said to have died at the Pirates' House an inn in the American city of Savannah , shouting for Darby M`Graw - fetch aft the rum... His death was said in the book to have been caused by the effects of rum. The inscription on the map suggests that he died in 1754. In other works Although Flint was only rather briefly mentioned in the novel Treasure Island, he was shown several times in film versions of the story.

Flint has a major part in the 1934 prequel "The Porto Bello Gold", by A. D. Howden Smith, which depicts the way that the treasure was captured from a Spanish galleon. In this version, Flint is described as having started his piratical career as the junior partner of Andrew Murray , an idealistic Jacobite turned pirate, who is not referenced in Stevenson's original book. Flint gradually becomes the dominant partner. The book describes how Flint secretly buries the treasure which would, a generation later, be recovered by the protagonists of Stevenson's classic "Treasure Island". Flint is also mentioned in the novel Peter Pan by J. M. Barrie : Here is Bill Jukes, every inch of him tattooed, the same Bill Jukes who got six dozen on the WALRUS from Flint before he would drop the bag of moidores . In Arthur Ransome 's book Swallows and Amazons , the Blacketts' uncle James Turner is nicknamed Captain Flint by the Swallows. This is because they believed that he looked like a retired pirate and took the name from Treasure Island. He is nearly always referred to by this name in the rest of the books .

[3] Captain Flint also was to be seen in a glimpse in the animated feature-film Treasure Planet by Disney . In this film, the character was known as Nathaniel Flint, a space pirate of non-human origins whose reputation was legendary for leading his ship and crew to plundering merchant ships, infamously appearing and disappearing without a trace, and eventually burying his treasure (called by many 'Flint's Trove' and/or 'the loot of a thousand worlds') inside the giant alien mechanism known as Treasure Planet. When Harry Potter first goes to Hogwarts, Marcus Flint is the leader of the Slytherin Quidditch team, and thus "Captain Flint." Notes ^ Flint may have been based on a real person. According to French author Pierre Mac Orlan, Flint is mentioned by a certain M. C. Whitehead in his Life of the English Thieves and Pirates. Mac Orlan wrote this in his introduction for a French translation of Captain Johnson's General History of the pyrates in 1921 (see Pierre Mac Orlan, A Bord de L'Etoile Matutine, Gallimard, coll. folio, Paris, 1983, p.

208 (French language)) ^ Thought by some to be a pen name for Daniel Defoe ^ Hardyment, Christina (1984) Arthur Ransome and Capt. Flint's Trunk. London: Jonathan Cape External links Long John Silver (Treasure Island) | Villains Wiki | Fandom powered by Wikia Long John Silver (Treasure Island) 37,032pages on Click To Help Darkseid! Darkseid has declared that this article requires immediate Cleanup in order to meet a higher standard. Help improve this article by improving formatting, spelling and general layout - least it fall victim to an Omega Effect Evil-doer Leadership, scheming, fighting skills, cunning Hobby Type of Villain Pirate Long John Silver is a fictional character and the primary antagonist of the novel Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson. Contents [ show ] Profile In Treasure Island, Long John Silver is a pirate who was quartermaster under the notorious Captain Flint . Long John Silver had a pet parrot called Captain Flint, often seen sitting on his shoulder where she would nibble on seeds.

A quartermaster on a pirate ship ranked higher than any officer except the captain himself, and could veto the captain's decisions whenever the ship was not in a battle. The quartermaster was elected by the crew and one of his tasks was to lead the boarding party from the quarterdeck during boarding attacks. Silver claims to have served in the Royal Navy and lost his leg under "the immortal Hawke". "His left leg was cut off close by the hip, and under the left shoulder he carried a crutch, which he managed with wonderful dexterity, hopping about upon it like a bird. He was very tall and strong, with a face as big as a ham - plain and pale, but intelligent and smiling." He claims to have been the only man whom Flint ever feared. Like many of Stevenson's characters, there is more than a modicum of duality in the character; ostensibly Silver is a hardworking and likable seaman, and it is only as the plot unfolds that his villainous nature is gradually revealed.

His relationship with Jim Hawkins, the novel's protagonist, is interesting, as he serves as a mentor and eventually father-figure to Jim, creating much shock and emotion when it is discovered that he is in charge of the mutiny, and especially when Jim must confront and fight him later on. Although willing to change sides at any time in the interests of his own survival, Silver has compensating virtues: he is wise enough to pay attention to money management, in contrast to the spendthrift ways of most pirates, and is physically courageous despite his disability; for instance, when Flint's cache is found to be empty, he coolly stands his ground against five grown men despite having only Hawkins to back him. Historians have noted that Silver's account of his life experiences during the first half of the 18th century is at variance with the known history of the historical figures he mentions, and that Silver is either exaggerating the range and scope of his exploits for the benefit of Jim Hawkins or for potential pirates he is trying to recruit, or his memory is faulty.

When Silver escapes at the end of the novel, he takes "three or four hundred guineas" of the treasure with him, thus becoming one of only two former members of Captain Flint's crew to get his hands on a portion of the recovered treasure; a separate cache of bar silver is apparently left on the island. (The repentant maroonee Ben Gunn is the other, but he spends all 1,000 pounds in nineteen days.) Jim's own ambivalence towards Silver is reflected in the last chapter, when he speculates that the old pirate must have settled down in comfortable retirement: "It is to be hoped so, I suppose, for his chances of comfort in another world are very small." Stevenson's portrayal of Silver has greatly influenced the modern iconography of the pirate. Silver has a parrot, named Captain Flint in mockery of his former captain, who generally perches on Silver's shoulder, and is known to chatter pirate phrases like "Pieces of Eight," and "Stand by to go about." Silver uses the parrot as another means of gaining Jim's trust, by telling the boy all manner of exciting stories (many of them likely fake) about the parrot's buccaneer history.

"'Now that bird,' Silver would say, 'is, may be, two hundred years old, Hawkins - they live forever mostly, and if anybody's seen more wickedness it must be the devil himself. She's sailed with England- the great Cap'n England, the pirate. She's been at Madagascar, and at Malabar, and Surinam, and Providence, and Portobello ... She was at the boarding of the Viceroy of the Indies out of Goa, she was, and to look at her you would think she was a babby." He is married to a woman of African descent, whom he trusts to manage his business affairs in his absence and to liquidate his Bristol assets when his actions make it impossible for him to go home. He confides in his fellow pirates, that he and his wife plan to rendezvous after the voyage to Skeleton Island is complete and Flint's treasure is recovered, at which point Silver will retire to a life of luxury. According to Stevenson's letters, the idea for the character of Long John Silver was inspired by his real-life friend William Henley, a writer and editor.

Stevenson's stepson, Lloyd Osbourne, described Henley as "...a great, glowing, massive-shouldered fellow with a big red beard and a crutch; jovial, astoundingly clever, and with a laugh that rolled like music; he had an unimaginable fire and vitality; he swept one off one's feet". In a letter to Henley after the publication of Treasure Island Stevenson wrote: "I will now make a confession. It was the sight of your maimed strength and masterfulness that begot Long John Silver...the idea of the maimed man, ruling and dreaded by the sound, was entirely taken from you". Modern portrayals Actors who have portrayed Long John Silver in the various motion picture adaptations of Treasure Island include Wallace Beery, Ivo Garrani, Orson Welles, Charlton Heston, Eddie Izzard, Lance Henriksen, Robert Newton, Anthony Quinn, Tim Curry, Jack Palance, Brian Murray, Oleg Borisov, Boris Andreyev and British actor Ivor Dean in a televised version of the novel. Robert Newton followed up his two Long John Silver movies with an Australian-produced TV series.

BBC1 has presented the story four times, with Anthony Quinn, Bernard Miles, Peter Vaughan and Alfred Burke, respectively, as Long John Silver. In the Soviet animated film Treasure Island of 1988, Armen Dzhigarkhanyan provided the voice talent for John Silver. Ivor Dean played the character in an acclaimed European 4-part mini-series in 1966. He intended to reprise the role in another series with more adventures of Silver. He began writing it with director Robert S. Baker, but his sudden death in 1974 stopped all further plans. In 1985, this script was used as foundation for a Disney 10-part TV-series called Return to Treasure Island, starring Brian Blessed in the role of Long John Silver. John Silver was also the protagonist in Björn Larsson's fictional autobiography of the character, Long John Silver: the True and Eventful History of My Life of Liberty and Adventure As a Gentleman of Fortune and Enemy to Mankind ( ISBN 1-86046-538-2 respectively 91-7263-285-2). The novel was first published in Sweden in 1995.

Silver is the main character in Silver—My Own Tale As Told By Me With A Goodly Amount Of Murder by Edward Chupack ( ISBN 978-0-312-53936-8 ). In popular culture John Silver (left) is portrayed as a cyborg in Disney's Treasure Planet. In anime and manga The 1978 Japanese series Takarajima, he is portrayed as a tall blond man. In film and television John Silver is depicted in L'ile aux tresors, a movie by Alain Berberian; the cast includes Gerard Jugnot and Alice Taglioni. Long John Silver in USSR movie Treasure Island. In 1988, in USSR movie Treasure Island, Long John Silver was voiced by Armen Jigarxanyan. Tim Curry portrayed Long John Silver in the 1996 film Muppet Treasure Island. Long John Silver is voiced by Jim Cummings in the movie The Pagemaster. Long John Silver as he appear in The Pagemaster. The 2002 Disney film Treasure Planet, an animated science fiction adaptation of Treasure Island, depicts John Silver as a cyborg, voiced by Brian Murray.

Hector Barbossa from Pirates of the Caribbean is similar to Long John Silver. He owned a monkey named after his previous captain Jack Sparrow, and was referred to as the "one-legged man" in Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides. In the Animated UK Series, The Legends of Treasure Island, Long John Silver, who is portrayed as a fox in that series, was voiced by Richard E. Grant in Season 1 and Rob Brydon in Season 2. In literature Long John Silver is a Franco-Belgian comics series written by Xavier Dorison, illustrated by Mathieu Laufray and published by Dargaud in French and Cinebook in English. John Silver, a fictional space pirate with mechanical leg who appears in the Italian comic book Nathan Never, was inspired by Long John Silver. According to J. M. Barrie's play Peter Pan, Captain Hook was the only man whom Silver ever feared. Flint and Silver is a prequel novel to Treasure Island written by John Drake. In music The rock band Jefferson Airplane had a song and 1972 album named Long John Silver.

Jethro Tull's song "Mother Goose" (on the Aqualung album) references the title character as well as four and twenty laborers, concluding with the line, "and I don't believe they knew that I was Long John Silver." In other uses A restaurant chain, Long John Silver's, is named after the character. Further reading Elwin, Malcolm. (1939). Old gods falling. New York: The Macmillan Company. Karg, Barbara; Spaite, Arjean. (2007). The everything pirates book : a swashbuckling history of adventure on the high seas, Avon, Mass. : Adams Media. ISBN 978-1-59869-255-6 Prince, Alison. (1994). Kenneth Grahame : an innocent in the Wild Wood, London : Allison & Busby. ISBN 978-0-85031-829-6 Stevenson, Robert Louis; Colvin, Sidney, Sir. (1899). Letters to his family and friends, New York : Charles Scribner's Sons.

Treasure Island | Pirate | Fandom powered by Wikia Share Treasure Island is an adventure novel by Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson, narrating a tale of "pirates and buried gold". First published as a book in 1883, it was originally serialized in the children's magazine Young Folks between 1881-82 under the title The Sea Cook; or, Treasure Island: A Story for Boys. Traditionally considered a coming-of-age story, it is an adventure tale known for its atmosphere, character and action, and also a wry commentary on the ambiguity of morality—as seen in Long John Silver—unusual for children's literature then and now. It is one of the most frequently dramatised of all novels. The influence of Treasure Island on popular perception of pirates is vast, including treasure maps with an "X", schooners, the Black Spot, tropical islands, and one-legged seamen with parrots on their shoulders. Contents Edit The novel is divided into 6 parts and 34 chapters: Jim Hawkins is the narrator of all these except for chapters 16-18 which are narrated by Doctor Livesey.

The novel opens in a seaside bad village in south-west England in the mid-18th century. The narrator, Jim Hawkins, is the young son of the owners of the Admiral Benbow Inn. An old drunken seaman named Billy Bones becomes a long-term lodger at the inn, only paying for about the first week of his stay. Jim quickly realizes that Bones is in hiding, and that he particularly dreads meeting an unidentified seafaring man with one leg. Some months later, Bones is visited by a mysterious sailor named Black Dog. Their meeting turns violent, Black Dog flees, and Bones suffers a stroke. While Jim cares for him, Bones confesses that he was once the mate of the late notorious pirate, Captain Flint, and that his old crewmates wants Bones's sea chest. Some time later, another of Bones's crewmates, Pew, appears at the inn and forces Jim to lead him to Bones. Pew gives Bones a paper. After Pew leaves, Bones opens the paper to discover the Black Spot, a pirates' summons, with the warning that he has until ten o'clock, and he drops dead of apoplexy (in this context, a stroke) on the spot.

Jim and his mother open Bones' sea chest to collect the amount due for Bones's room and board, but before they can count out the money that they are due, they hear pirates approaching the inn and are forced to flee and hide, Jim taking with him a mysterious oilskin packet from the chest. The pirates, led by Pew, find the sea chest and the money, but are frustrated that the chest does not contain "Flint's fist." Revenue agents approach and the pirates escape to their vessel, except for blind Pew, who is accidentally run down and killed by the agents' horses. Jim takes the mysterious oilskin packet to Dr. Livesey, as he is a "gentleman and a magistrate", and he, Squire Trelawney and Jim Hawkins together examine, finding a logbook detailing the treasure looted during Captain Flint's career, and a detailed map of an island, with the location of Flint's treasure caches marked on it. Squire Trelawney immediately plans to outfit a sailing vessel to hunt the treasure down, with the help of Dr. Livesey and Jim. Livesey warns Trelawney to be silent about their objective.

Going to Bristol, Trelawney buys a schooner named Hispaniola, hires a Captain Smollett to command her, and retains Long John Silver, owner of "The Spy-glass" tavern and a former sea cook, to run the galley. Silver helps Trelawney to hire the rest of his crew. When Jim comes to Bristol and visits Silver at the Spy Glass tavern, his suspicions are immediately aroused: Silver is missing a leg, like the man Bones warned about, and Black Dog is sitting in the tavern. Black Dog runs away at the sight of Jim, and Silver denies all knowledge of the fugitive so convincingly that he wins Jim's trust. Despite Captain Smollett's misgivings about the mission and Silver's hand-picked crew, the Hispaniola sets sail for the Caribbean Sea. As they near their destination, Jim crawls into the ship's apple barrel to get some apples. While inside, he overhears Silver talking secretly with some of the other crewmen. Silver admits that he was Captain Flint's quartermaster and that several of the other crew were also once Flint's men, and he is recruiting more men from the crew to his own side.

After Flint's treasure is recovered, Silver intends to murder the Hispaniola's officers, and keep the loot for himself and his men. When the pirates have gone back to their berths, Jim warns Smollett, Trelawney, and Livesey of the impending mutiny. When they reach Treasure Island, the bulk of Silver's men go ashore immediately. Although Jim is not yet aware of this, Silver's men have given him the Black Spot and demanded to seize the treasure immediately, discarding Silver's own more careful plan to postpone any open mutiny or violence until after the treasure is safely aboard. Jim lands with Silver's men, but runs away from them almost as soon as he is ashore. Hiding in the woods, Jim sees Silver murder Tom, a crewman loyal to Smollett. Running for his life, he encounters Ben Gunn, another ex-crewman of Flint's who has been marooned three years on the island, but who treats Jim kindly in return for a chance of getting back to civilization. In the meanwhile, Trelawney, Livesey, and their men surprise and overpower the few pirates left aboard the Hispaniola.

They row to shore and move into an abandoned, fortified stockade on the island, where they are soon joined by Jim Hawkins, having left Ben Gunn behind. Silver approaches under a flag of truce and tries to negotiate Smollett's surrender; Smollett rebuffs him utterly, and Silver flies into a rage, promising to attack the stockade. "Them that die'll be the lucky ones," he threatens as he storms off. The pirates assault the stockade, but in a furious battle with losses on both sides, they are worsted and driven off. During the night, Jim sneaks out of the stockade, takes Ben Gunn's coracle and approaches the Hispaniola under cover of darkness. He cuts the ship's anchor cable, setting her adrift and out of reach of the pirates on shore. After daybreak, he manages to approach the schooner again and board her. Of the two pirates left aboard, only one is still alive: the coxswain, Israel Hands, who has murdered his comrade in a drunken brawl, and been badly wounded in the process himself.

Hands agrees to help Jim helm the ship to a safe beach in exchange for medical treatment and brandy, but once the ship is approaching the beach, Hands tries to murder Jim. Jim escapes him by climbing the rigging, and when Hands tries to skewer him with a thrown dirk, Jim reflexively shoots Hands dead. Having beached the Hispaniola securely, Jim returns to the stockade under cover of night and sneaks back inside. Because of the darkness, he does not realize until too late that the stockade is now occupied by the pirates, and he is easily captured. Silver, whose always-shaky command has become more tenuous than ever, seizes on Jim as a hostage, refusing his men's demands to kill him or torture him for information. Silver's rivals in the pirate crew, led by George Merry, again give Silver the Black Spot and move to depose him as captain. Silver answers his opponents eloquently, rebuking them for defacing a page from the Bible to create the Black Spot and reveals that he has obtained the map to the treasure from Dr. Livesey, thus restoring the crew's confidence in him. The following day, the pirates search for the treasure.

They are shadowed by Ben Gunn, who makes ghostly sounds to dissuade them from continuing, but Silver forges ahead and locates the place where Flint's treasure was buried. The pirates discover that the cache has been rifled and all of the treasure is gone. The enraged pirates turn on Silver and Jim, but Ben Gunn, Dr. Livesey and Abraham Gray attack the pirates by surprise, killing two and dispersing the rest. Silver surrenders to Dr. Livesey, promising to return to his duty. They go to Ben Gunn's cave home, where Gunn has had the treasure hidden for some months. The treasure is divided amongst Trelawney and his loyal men, including Jim and Ben Gunn, and they return to England, leaving the surviving pirates marooned on the island. Silver escapes with the help of the fearful Ben Gunn and a small part of the treasure. Remembering Silver, Jim reflects that "I dare say he met his old Negress [wife], and perhaps still lives in comfort with her and Captain Flint [his parrot].

It is to be hoped so, I suppose, for his chances of comfort in another world are very small." Captain Flint backstory Treasure Island: Character Profiles | Novelguide Treasure Island: Character Profiles Average Overall Rating: 4.5 Total Votes: 3728 Job Anderson: Job Anderson is the boatswain on the Hispaniola. He is one the mutineers, and is killed by Gray in the assault on the stockade. Billy Bones: Billy Bones is the old seaman who stays at the Admiral Benbow inn, where he is known as the captain. He is a pirate who has acquired the map that shows where Captain Flint buried the treasure. Flint's former associates therefore search for him, and when they find him and serve him his death warrant, he has a fit and dies. Black Dog: Black Dog is a pirate who tracks down Billy Bones at the Admiral Benbow inn. The two men fight, and Black Dog escapes. Abraham Gray: Abraham Gray is a carpenter's mate who joins the crew of the Hispaniola. After some wavering, he decides not to join the mutineers, and he plays his part in their defeat.

Ben Gunn: Ben Gunn is a pirate and former member of Captain Flint's crew who has been marooned alone on Treasure Island for three years. He joins forces with Jim and his party and helps them defeat the mutineers. Israel Hands: Israel Hands is the coxswain of the Hispaniola. He is one of the mutineers, and he tries to kill Jim Hawkins, but Jim kills him instead. Jim Hawkins: Jim Hawkins is the principal narrator of the story. He gets involved in the adventure because his parents own the Admiral Benbow inn where Billy Bones comes to stay. Jim is a young boy who is forced by events to mature very quickly. After his father's death he begins to make his own way in the world. He is cabin boy on the Hispaniola, and through his initiative, impulsiveness, curiosity and daring, he plays a crucial role in the eventual defeat of the pirates: he retrieves the map of Treasure Island from Billy Bones; he becomes aware of Silver's plot and informs the ship's officers; and he meets Ben Gunn, which leads him to Ben's boat, which enables him to reboard and recapture the Hispaniola, killing Israel Hands in self-defense.

Many times Jim is in danger of his life, but he survives. John Hunter: John Hunter is one of Squire Trelawney's men. He is killed when the pirates attack the stockade on Treasure Island. Richard Joyce: Richard Joyce is one of Squire Trelawney's men. He is killed by the pirates as they attack the stockade on Treasure Island. Dr. Livesey: Dr. Livesey is the family physician who treats Jim Hawkins's dying father and also attends to Billy Bones. As the ship's doctor, he treats the wounded pirates, even though they are his enemies. Dr. Livesey is no stranger to violence, having in the past served the Duke of Cumberland and been wounded in battle. Morgan: Morgan is one of the mutineers. At one point he is ready to kill Jim but Silver intervenes and prevents him. Pew: Pew is the blind pirate who comes looking for Billy Bones and delivers him the Black Spot. After Bones's sudden death, Pew leads a group of pirates to retrieve the treasure map. He is trampled to death by the horses of revenue officers who come to the rescue. Redruth: Redruth is Squire Trelawney's gamekeeper.

He sails on the Hispaniola, but is shot and killed by mutineers as he and the other crew members go ashore for the first time. Long John Silver: Long John Silver is a one-legged pirate who was quartermaster to the notorious Captain Flint. He is a very cunning, amoral man who puts on a friendly, helpful exterior while all the time planning treachery. Initially, the squire and Jim like Silver, and as he performs his duties as cook on the Hispaniola, he appears to be a model member of the crew. However, he soon reveals his ruthless, violent side, and once the buccaneers are on the island he murders one of the crew, as Jim watches. After this, Silver uses all his cunning to make sure that he emerges on the winning side, whichever that might be. However, Silver does have some redeeming qualities. He has a genuine affection for Jim Hawkins, and his independent spirit and resourcefulness often compel admiration. Captain Smollett: Captain Smollett is the captain of the Hispaniola. At the beginning of the voyage he makes his misgivings known to Trelawney, who dislikes him.

But Smollett is soon proved correct in his judgments and Trelawney is forced to change his opinion. As a captain, Smollett excels in his tasks, and when the mutiny begins he is determined and resolute. He frequently takes charge of the situation and efficiently marshals the men for the defense of the loghouse. After he is wounded, however, he takes no further part in the action. Squire Trelawney: Squire Trelawney is excited by the prospect of finding treasure and he finances the entire expedition. He buys the Hispaniola and selects a crew, but he cannot keep a secret and everyone seems to get to know about the nature of the mission. The squire is a well-traveled man and the best shot amongst the crew. He also shows effective leadership qualities and keeps a cool head throughout the adventure. Treasure Island - GCSE English - Marked by Teachers.com Treasure Island Extracts from this document... Introduction In this essay we are going to analyze and look into the mysterious man known as Long John Silver. We are going to learn about the ways he influences others, manipulates them and his powerful physical status. All these qualities together really do make him a "remarkable man".

Robert Louis Stevenson was a Scottish author who first published "Treasure Island" in 1883. Stevenson originally wrote the book as "The Sea Cook" but the publishing company would not have the name of a criminal on the front cover of a book so Stevenson changed it to "Treasure Island". He named the character of Long John Silver after a good friend as Stevenson thought of him as a remarkable man but their relationship soon deteriorated. Long John Silver is a one - legged pirate who used to be quartermaster to the treacherous Captain Flint. Long John Silver is a cunning, crafty man who appears friendly and forthcoming but soon shows his true colours as a devious pirate on "Treasure Island". ...read more. Middle However, in chapter 11 Silver reveals all to Jim as he over hears one of Silver's conversations with the pirates while trying to get an apple out of the apple barrel. He reveals that he is going to get rid of the gentlemen and take over the ship and that he worked for the deadly Captain Flint. Silver also reveals another intellectual side to him that he spread his treasure out into different banks so as no one would get suspicious of him being a pirate. Silver also invested his money on an Inn.

This shows he is not like all the other pirates as they blow all their money in six months on rum and all other irrelevant things. Jim is extremely disappointed in Silver and now realises that he is a fake. "I could have killed him through the barrel". Jim tells Captain Smollett and the Squire of what he had heard. The Squire and Captain Smollett felt silly and stupid for letting Silver manipulate them. ...read more. Conclusion He says that if they give him the map then he will drop them off somewhere safe and not harm them but Captain Smollett is in no mood to negotiate. "You're either my ship's cook - and then you were treated handsome - or Cap'n Silver, a common mutineer and pirate, and then you can go hang!" Silver knows that he can't get anywhere without Captain Smollett so he is very clever. Silver's confident side is being shown as he feels that he is in control of the situation. Silver always seems to be on the winning side. He would have one foot in each camp, the pirates and the gentlemen. He always seems to change sides and always comes out on the winning one.

Even though Silver is being taken back to England to be hung, he still manages to get the gentlemen to say that they will stick up for him in court. Silver has showed us many things in this novel. He has proved that he can appear kind, gentle and intelligent but also behind all the make up is a lean, mean killing machine who will murder anyone in an instant if they get in his way of achieving his goal. ...read more. The above preview is unformatted text This student written piece of work is one of many that can be found in our GCSE Robert Louis Stevenson section. Found what you're looking for? Start learning 29% faster today 150,000+ documents available

Question: Name Captain Flint's quartermaster in the novel Treasure Island?
Answer: Long John Silver