In Treasure Island, Robert Louis Stevens creates a diverse group of people, all with individual characteristics and backgrounds. Some of the most important characters in the book are Jim Hawkins, Doctor Livesey, Squire Trewlaney, Captain Smollet, Long John Silver, Ben Gun, and Billy Bones. Jim Hawkins, who is also the narrator of the book, is a young boy. who discovers a treasure map in the chest pocket of the deceased Billy Bones and accompanies the Doctor and Squire on the trip to Treasure Island. Billy Bones was a strange former sea pirate who lives in the inn owned by Jim Hawkins' parents. He dies at the beginning of the book (the same week as Jim's bedridden father) after receiving the "black spot". Jim's father's doctor, Doctor Livesey, is first at Jim and his mother's house after they escape from their inn with the map. after a group of pirates break into it in search of Billy Bones, he and Squire Trelawney are the rulers of Treasure Island. Squire Trelawney is a wealthy associate of the doctor. He is the next person to receive news from the map and he quickly takes care of their ship and crew. Captain Smollet is the ship's voyage captain and is injured after fighting breaks out between Long John Silver's men and the remaining men under his command. command.The ship's one-legged cook, Long John Silver, was a former pirate under the command of Captain Flint and goes on a journey with a crew of former sailors to try to steal the treasure left behind by their former captain. Treasure Island begins at the seaside inn, the Admiral Benbow, of Jim Hawkins and his parents. One day, a strange former sailor comes to the inn and ends up staying there for the rest of his life. He comes with only a mysterious old trunk. Immediately after Jim's father dies, the strange man is given the "black spot" (which is never exactly explained in the book) by a strange visitor. Shortly after his visitor leaves, the man dies. Jim and his mother go to the village to ask for help, but no one will come back with them to help them, so they go back alone. Back at the inn, Jim finds the man's trunk key hanging on a chain around his neck and a strange piece of paper in his pocket..