Treasure Island: Motif

In the book "Treasure Island" the most dominant literary feature is Motif. There are three different motif's. One motif is the color black, another is animals, and the last one is when Jim is alone. Whenever Jim is alone something critical happens almost always, like when he is in the apple barrel and he over hears the plan of mutiny against Smollet, or when Jim meets the blind beggar Pew who ends up giving Long John Silver the black spot Jim is alone. The color black is an example of motif because whenever the color black appears something bad is about to happen. For instance the bad pirates plag is black, and the black spot says how somebody is going to die.

The last example of motif is animals. In several moments in the book the author reffers to the pirates actions like animals, like when he says that they jumped over the fence like monkeys, or that they stared at him like sheep in a herd. All of these examples are motifs helping to explain the book and signals.

Treasure Island

At first I was going to read the slaughter house book but then I decided that I would read the book "Treasure Island". This book is pretty fast. When I say fast I mean that right away it gets you thinking a little bit, not to much but just enough t suck you in to the book. It wasn't hard to get into at all, the first couple pages were slow but it sped up fast! One of the five literary elements that really pop out I can't really seem to find. It has very weird words so if I had to pick one of the literary elements it would have to be word choice. What I mean by wierd language is that sometimes I have to reread sentences because the words are in a sequence that I wouldn't normally see.
The reason why the author may have used this literary element is that the book is about pirates, and how the words are said help understand how the person that is talking is saying the words. There are lots of different tones in this book. In the beginning it is somber because his dad has died but the tone constantly changes throughout the book.