One of the points I think being made in Treasure Island is to never trust an important decision to a stranger. An example is like what the squire did to Long John Silver to pick out the crew. Another thing is do not always trust people you don’t know well because they can be a bad person such as Long John Silver. Always watch out the people and company you have. Money and treasure hunts turn people into animals. Always listen to an abandoned or marooned person, crazy or not. Never trust a man with a missing leg and a parrot as seen with Long John.
I think some of these messages were intended by Robert Louis Stevenson and he showed them in his book. He showed to never trust an important decision to another person. The squire let Long John make decisions so Long John picked out a crew to help him commit a mutiny. Don’t rush decisions of it could make or lead to a bad decision. The reason the squire let long john pick the crew out is because he rushed his decision so they could leave sooner.
Long John Silver is the man with one leg who betrays the crew. Long John wants to take all the treasure, so he secretly plotted against the crew to steal all the wealth. The lesson learned is to not always trust a person that you hardly know because they can be bad.
The squire is the friend of the doctor and Jim Hawkins. The squire wants to find the treasure and be rich for the rest of his life. He was at the doctor’s house when Jim found the map and Jim came so the squire said he would make the best crew. The lessons learned by the squire is to never rush an important decision, and to never trust someone you hardly know with an important decision.
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