The Tale of an Adventure

A literary reflection

Life will never come easy to you when you can’t push through something tough. Treasure Island had a slow start and wasn’t interesting to the eye; however, I knew why I chose it, and it forced me to power through the, seemingly, endless pages of the old classic. This novel hadn’t started or played out the way I expected to; this caused me to lose interest in the book early, whether I was too lazy to start another book or that I really wanted to find the good in the book, I kept going. It really pushed me to the limit where, at points, I felt as if I were falling asleep. Halfway through the first page of the book, I knew this book would be a bit different from the others I have read in the past. This one took its time trying to explain what is happening in the book, and it began to lose me; yet, going through the process of trying to find another book seemed like much bigger of a cow to eat than the one just sitting in front of me on my iPad. I slugged my way through the first part of the book and found myself enjoying the tale that I first found boring. This novel is a pirate adventure that has a couple of hidden themes throughout the book. One of these, is fatherhood. In the beginning of the book, Jim’s father dies: Jim then, unknowingly, looks at people who are around him and seems to bond a father-son relationship whoever he is near. At moments, this book felt as if I were trudging through quicksand, and at others I felt as if I were floating through the pages of this classic.