Treasure Island Post 5: Chapters 10-12

Chapter 10


Finally, the ship took off! And we find out that Mr. Arrow is drunk as a skunk. Not really, because skunks aren't generally intoxicated, but nonetheless, Mr. Arrow is wobbling around the ship, completely useless. He disappeared on day, and the crew assumed that he fell overboard. There was no mercy for his death, no one really liked him. On rare occasions when he was sober, he would say that he had never been drinking. On one more note, no one knew where he got his alcohol.  A man named Job Anderson replaces him. Everything goes pretty normal. Jim meets a two-hundred year old parrot that can talk. The parrot's name is Cap'n Crunch. Just kidding. Its name is Cap'n Flint. Like any thirteen year old boy, Jim got hungry, and went over to the apple barrel. He hopped inside and hid, and listened in to an important conversation.

Chapter 11


Conspiracy! That's what Jim finds out is going on. He overhears Silver talking to several other crew. Except those "crew" are actually former crew members of Flint himself! Posing as just normal crew, they plan to take the treasure for themselves. Silver says that some other crew members have joined the conspiracy, but a few refused. The men drink from a secret stash of rum. I guess that's where Mr. Arrow got his liquor. Someone yells "Land Ho!"

Chapter 12

Smollett discusses where he should drop the anchor, and looks at a map for help. Jim notices that it's the exact same map he saw earlier, but this one is missing the "X" that marks the spot. Silver knows the island like the back of his hand, and tells Jim all about excitedly. Jim later heads down and tells Trelawney and Smollett about Silver's intentions. When I was reading the book, I thought that no one would believe Jim, because he's only thirteen. But they did believe him, and Trelawney says that he was a fool to hire these crooked people, and to trust Silver.