Treasure Island Post 8: Chapters 19-22

At the beginning of Chapter 19, Jim Hawkins takes over narration.

Chapter 19


Jim approaches the stockade with Ben Gunn after seeing the British flag hanging over it. Jim isn't sure who it is, but Ben says that pirates wouldn't hang the Union Jack flag, so it's okay to go. The good guys at the stockade flee after a canon shot. After returning to shore, Jim sees the Jolly Roger hanging on the ship.

The Jolly Roger

The men sound drunk. Jim tells Smollett his story, and Smollett assigns jobs to everyone, making Jim the sentry. Smollett questions the sanity of Ben Gunn, but shows the crazy man kindness nonetheless. Jim goes to bed, but wakes up hearing that Silver is proposing a truce. 

Chapter 20

Smollett suspects that Silver's truce is a trick. Silver calls himself "Captain Silver" and says that he want to compromise with Smollett. Smollett refuses to talk with him. Even so, Silver talks to Smollett. Silver is willing to exchange cease-fire for the treasure map. Angry, Smollett tells Silver that he's more powerful than Silver's team, and refuses. Silver begs; Smollett refuses again. 

Chapter 21

Smollett orders the men to be prepared for the pirates to attack them. After waiting for an hour, they hear shots, and see pirates hopping over the stockade. Trelawny and Gray shoot, and wound many of them. A fight breaks out, and the good guys lose less men than the bad guys. 

Chapter 22

The good guys hang out for a while at the stockade. Dr. Livesey takes the map and heads out into the open and Gray asks if he's gone crazy. Jim says that Livesey went to meet up with Ben. Jim is left inside to clean up the bloodshed from the miniature battle earlier, and wants to be a hero. Jim heads out to look for the boat that Ben had mentioned, and instead finds Silver and his crew; he later finds the boat. Jim decides to sail to the Hispaniola and let it loose. He heads to the water that night.