Jim Hawkins

How Long John Silver describes him:

"I never seen a better boy than that".
His role in Treasure Island:

Jim is the hero of the book. It is Jim who finds the map and eventually saves everyone from the pirates. After many adventures on Treasure Island he returns to England with the treasure.

Jim Hawkins said,

"It was all quite scary, but I quite enjoyed it. Can I do it again?"

"His skin, wherever it was exposed, was burnt by the sun; even his lips were black; and his fair eyes looked quite startling in so dark a face. Of all the beggar-men that I had seen or fancied, he was the chief for raggedness. He was clothed with tatters of old ships' canvas and old sea cloth; and this extraordinary patchwork was all held together by a system of of the most various and incongruous fastenings, brass buttons, bits of stick, and loops of tarry gaskin. All around his waist he wore an old brass- buckled leather belt which was the one thing solid in his whole accoutrement ".

His role in Treasure Island:

Ben Gunn has been marooned on the island for three years and us a reformed pirate. He helps Jim and the others to overcome the pirates and take the treasure home. Once home he manages to spend all his money in three days and becomes a porter for the rest of his life.

Benn Gunn said,

"It was a bit lonely on the island, so I was pleased to see Jim and the others, but not those no good pirates. I don't miss the island, except for my pet lizard Annabelle".

"A tall, strong, heavy, nut-brown man; his tarry pigtail falling over the shoulders of his soiled blue coat; his hands ragged and scarred, with black, broken nails; and the sabre cut across one cheek, a dirty, livid white".

His role in Treasure Island:

A drunken, violent and yet terrified man who brings the map to Jim's Inn. He is given the Black Spot by Blind Pew and dies of a heart attack from terror.

Billy Bones said,

"Yo-ho-ho and a bottle of rum...(hic)".

"a sharp looking man who seemed angry with everything on board".

His role in Treasure Island:

Captain Smollett is a fine, upstanding gentleman and an excellent captain. He is immediately suspicious of his motley crew, but taken in by Long John Silver. He proves to be very brave and eventually retires on the money made from the treasure.

Captain Smollett said,

"I knew that crew was no good - especially that Long John Silver. I had my eye on him from the start (ahem!) - no more adventures at sea for me".