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In Treasure Island Robert Louis Stevenson uses heroic role models, motifs, and symbols to show how detrimental greed is.

I. Introduction
II. Coming of age
III. Motifs
A. Solitude
B. Animals
C. The Color Black
IV. Symbols
A. The Treasure Map
B. Rum
C. The Coracle
V. Conclusion

Cody Brightwell Brightwell 2
English IV
Mrs Hanchey
3/27/06
Treasure Island
In Treasure Island, Robert Louis Stevenson uses coming of age, motifs, and symbols to show how detrimental greed is in his novel. Through his coming of age theme he brings a new light to how a person becomes a man. Stevenson as well uses motifs to represent different things such as animals and different colors. Also Stevenson uses Symbols to show the audience exactly what he pictured in his mind when he wrote his novel. These themes truly bring the book to......

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