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The Treasure in the Forest by H.G. Wells
MAIN INTRODUCTION
Today I have brought for you the fourth interesting short story of Class 12 in this article.
Today’s fascinating story is a fictional story, meaning it is based on imagination because all the characters, events, and the storyline in this story are completely fictitious. We can also call this story a mystery story, a mysterious story, because this story has elements of suspense. While reading this story, the readers remain in a state of confusion. As they read on, questions like “What will happen next? How will it unfold?” linger in the readers’ minds. At the end of the story, when the suspense gradually unravels, the readers are left utterly astonished. Therefore, this is, in itself, a suspenseful story. We can also call it a thriller story because, in this story, we encounter terrifying events, crime, and violence - everything that makes readers feel scared while reading.
Today’s story, "The Treasure in the Forest", is a short story written by an American writer, H.G. Wells, whose full name is Herbert George Wells. He wrote this story in 1894, and it was extracted from a small story collection book titled *The Country of the Blind and Other Short Stories*. Talking about the story, it is a tale of an ominous adventure, a very unfortunate adventurous endeavor, a very bad adventure. In this story, we meet two English treasure hunters, Evans and Hooker. We find them in this story searching for Spanish treasure. However, at the end of the story, both protagonists become victims in a very tragic way. They lose their lives in a very unfortunate manner by the story’s end.
SETTING
Now, talking about the setting, it is far from human settlements, in a desolate tropical island in the Pacific Ocean, with the forest of that island serving as the main setting. Regarding the time period, the story depicts events occurring around the afternoon time. All the events in this story take place during the afternoon. Talking about one or two things about a tropical island, tropical islands experience heavy rainfall, have rainforests, and if we talk about humidity, the temperature on tropical islands is very high.
MAIN THEMES
Now, talking about the themes of this story, we can find numerous themes in it. Some of the themes in this story include violence, guilt, and treachery, but the theme I like and that matches this story well is "The Consequences of Greed and Power". The consequences of greed and power align very well with this story because we see the protagonists, Evans and Hooker, ruined due to their greed and misuse of power. This story presents the very unpleasant effects of greed and power misuse.
MORAL LESSONS
Now, talking about moral lessons, we can derive very important moral lessons from this story, and these lessons can be extremely useful in our lives.
For example:
We should not be overly greedy.
We should not be arrogant about our power.
The path of greed, power, and crime leads to very destructive consequences.
CHARACTERS
Talking about the main characters in this story, the first ones are:
Evans and Hooker:
Evans and Hooker are two English treasure hunters. They are the main protagonists of this story. Talking about the relationship between Evans and Hooker, they are close friends. As treasure hunters, they travel to various places in search of treasure. However, in this story, we see them meet a very tragic fate. Due to greed and the misuse of their power, they commit a crime, and by the end of the story, both lose their lives in a very unfortunate way.
Chang Hi:
Next, we have Chang-hi and other Chinese people. Chang-hi is also a main character in this fascinating story, while the other Chinese people are not very important characters. Chang-hi is a very cunning person. In the past, he hid all the treasure on a tropical island. We also find him to be extremely greedy in this story. He loses his life because of this greed. Chang-hi keeps a map of the treasure with him, and when Evans and Hooker learn about this treasure map, they both team up and kill Chang-hi. Thus, due to greed, Chang-hi also loses his life.
Now, let’s move toward the short introduction of this story.
This short, interesting fictional story, The Treasure in the Forest, has been written by an American writer, H.G. Wells, or Herbert George Wells. He had written this story in 1894. This story was extracted from a story collection called "The Country of the Blind and Other Short Stories". This story is about an ominous adventure of two Englishmen, Evans and Hooker, who are treasure hunters. Here in this story, we find them seeking Spanish treasure. Due to their misuse of power and excessive greed, both of them have lost their lives at the end of the story. We find many themes here in this story, but the theme which I like most is the consequences of greed and power. If we have greed and if we misuse our power, we will have to face disastrous results at the end.
MAIN SUMMARY
Now, let’s move to the main summary of this story.
The story begins in the afternoon. The setting is a desolate tropical island in the Pacific Ocean. In front of that tropical island, in the sea, we meet our two main characters, Evans and Hooker. Both of them are in a small canoe, a small boat, sitting and looking toward the tropical island. Right now, the sun is blazing, a scorching sun, and both Evans and Hooker, if we look at their physical and mental state, are extremely exhausted. Both are feeling very dehydrated. They are extremely thirsty, their lips and mouths have dried up completely, and they have reached this desolate place in the afternoon after an overnight sea journey. Just now, Evans has stopped paddling, and both are sitting as their canoe drifts in the sea. Evans is sitting on one side, while in Hooker’s hand is an old piece of paper. This paper looks like a rough map. The color of this paper is yellow, and it looks very old, almost torn. If we look inside this paper, the old map, there are numerous creases and folds. These creases are due to excessive folding, as it has been folded and kept many times, causing creases all over the paper. If we look at the drawing inside, there are pencil-drawn maps that seem to be fading. Hooker keeps this map very carefully in his hand and calls Evans over. Both look ahead, examine the map, and discuss it.
Pointing to the rocks and reefs by the sea, Hooker explains to Evans and talks about the gap near the reef. Pointing to a slightly curved line below, Hooker tells Evans, “This must be a river,” and also expresses his desire to drink water. Then, he moves his finger to a star, which is blue in color, and shows Evans, “This is the exact place, the location of the treasure is right here.” Below it are dotted lines. According to Hooker, these dotted lines go straight from the gap in the reef’s rocks, passing under three palm trees, meaning they reach under the palm trees, and these lines cross a river at that place where the star’s exact location is. They cross the river at that spot. Below that, there are some scattered dots. Seeing these, Evans gets confused and discusses with Hooker, “These dots are scattered everywhere, what are they?” Both examine the dots, but neither has any idea about them. Below the dots, something is written in Chinese. Evans asks Hooker about the language, and Hooker tells Evans, “Oh, that’s Chinese.” Evans says, “Oh, it was Chinese!” But Hooker clarifies, “No, they were Chinese,” to Evans. For a while, they sit in their canoe, staring blankly at the tropical island. Even now, fatigue, sleeplessness, and thirst are tormenting them both.
Up to this point, we learn that they have a map in their hands, and they have reached here after an overnight sea journey in search of treasure. After a while, Evans moves toward the paddle and says to Hooker, “Now it’s your turn, I’ve paddled enough, you paddle now.” Hooker takes the paddle and slowly starts rowing. Talking about Evans, he sits in one place. Completely exhausted, dehydrated, and sleepless, we find Evans dozing off here. His eyes start to close. As his eyes close, Evans begins to see different images, and these images turn into a dream. As soon as Evans closes his eyes, he sees himself and Hooker in a desolate jungle at night. Both are slowly moving forward in the jungle. Behind large bushes, they see a fire burning. Around the fire are three Chinese men, and the main man among them is Chang-hi. Chang-hi is telling the other two Chinese men something. The first part is a bit unclear, so Evans and Hooker move closer and try to listen carefully to their conversation. Talking about the Chinese men’s accent, the author writes that they were using pigeon English. They were speaking in an English accent. Though unclear, Evans and Hooker listen carefully, especially to Chang-hi’s words.
Now, listen very carefully from here, and we need to understand this part of the dream very well. Chang-hi is telling the two Chinese men that about 200 years ago - this story was written in 1894, so around 1694 - a large Spanish ship that had set sail from the Philippines met with an accident on its return journey. The ship was loaded with gold. The ship sank in the sea with the gold. About a year before the story was written, in 1893, our Chang-hi had learned about this history. Using his intelligence and wit, Chang-hi was searching for this treasure and, last year, he finally located the exact place of the Spanish ship’s treasure. Risking his life and diving into the sea, he slowly extracted the gold bars from the sea, gathered all the gold in one place, and on this island - a tropical island in the Pacific Ocean - he dug a pit in a specific location and hid all the gold there. After hiding the treasure, he took special care to secure it. Finally, he made a good map, kept it with him, and left the place. At that time, he couldn’t take the gold because he was alone. Today, he is explaining everything in detail to his friends, saying, “I have the map, that’s why I called you. Now we need to go there, take out all the gold bars, and bring them to our country.” Chang-hi is telling these things to the Chinese men.
Evans and Hooker, who are listening to all this, become greedy. Both Englishmen make a lot of noise and attack the three Chinese men. Evans goes straight to Chang-hi, grabs his pigtail, drags him, and tries to demand the map. Evans and Hooker together brutally attack them. In a fit of anger, Evans demands the map from Chang-hi. Chang-hi is very scared. Now, Evans’ dream shifts from here to another dream. At the final moment, Chang-hi is dying. Evans searches for the map. In his dying struggle, Chang-hi lets out a terrifying laugh, showing his jagged teeth, looking at Evans and Hooker as if mocking them. Seeing this laugh, Evans and Hooker are terrified. Now, Evans’ dream shifts to another event. In this event, Evans finds himself surrounded by gold bars, extremely happy. As Evans goes to pick up the gold, a giant devil-like monster with a large tail, resembling a demon, screams like a thief and tries to stop Evans from taking the gold bars. It struggles intensely to prevent Evans from touching the gold. The devil looks terrifying, and it resembles Chang-hi. The devil grabs Evans and shoves hot coals into his mouth, burning his entire mouth. In the dream, Evans screams loudly, and in reality, Hooker shouts, “Evans! Evans!” Evans wakes up startled, unsure whether the shouting was in the dream or if Hooker was calling him in reality. Thus, he wakes up from his dream, having seen various things in it.
After a while, Hooker sees water from a stream on the tropical island flowing down to the sea and informs Evans. Tormented by thirst, Evans angrily paddles quickly, saying to Hooker, “We need to go and drink water.” Both go, and through the stream’s path, they bring their canoe into the island. After going a bit further, Hooker tastes the water in one spot and spits it out after rinsing his mouth. The water still has a slight salty taste. They go further, and Hooker tests again, finding fresh water. Both drink water to their satisfaction. After resting here for a while, their canoe reaches the blazing sun again, meaning back to the sea. Then, both take their canoe to the shore, pull it slightly inland, and secure it. Evans grabs a local weapon, an L-shaped tool for cutting bushes, while Hooker holds the paddle used for rowing the canoe. Now, both set off on their path. They are amazed by the lush greenery here. There is an abundance of greenery, colorful flowers. They clear a path by cutting small bushes and move forward. After going a bit further, they hear the sound of flowing water and follow it to reach the riverbank. Now, their hopes start to rise. They move forward slowly and come across a heap of stones, like a wall of stones. Instead of taking the stone path, they decide to go downward along the riverbank. As they walk further, both become happy because they see palm trees—three palm trees in one place. They are thrilled. Evans is in front, and Hooker is behind. As they move forward, Evans suddenly stops, surprised and scared, saying, “What’s that?” and points. When Hooker looks where Evans is pointing, they see a corpse with its face covered by grass, lying face down. Both are stunned for a moment. Near the corpse, there is a freshly dug pit with fresh soil, and next to the pit is a spade. Hooker closely examines the Chinese man. The entire body of this Chinese man has turned purple, with some blue hues. His hands and ankles are swollen, his neck is swollen. They find the Chinese man in a very miserable condition here. Evans is thrilled and runs to the pit. He looks at the corpse and then at the pit, where he sees gold bars. He jumps into the pit, extremely happy. Meanwhile, Hooker is terrified, repeatedly looking at the Chinese man’s body and the surroundings, feeling uneasy. He feels deep inside that this atmosphere is not right. Meanwhile, Evans, clearing the soil, happily extracts gold bars. During this process, a small thorn pricks his finger. He cries out, “Ouch!” and slowly removes the thorn, throws it away, and resumes extracting gold. While working, he gets pricked several times and becomes angry. He says to Hooker, “Help me, let’s take it all!” But Hooker is terrified, his senses are shaken. He wonders, “How did this man get here? Did a snake bite him? What caused his death?” Many questions are swirling in his mind. Seeing Hooker’s behavior, Evans is very angry. He takes off his jacket, places it on the ground, and throws the gold ingots onto the jacket. While throwing the gold ingots, another small, sharp thorn pricks his skin. He removes the thorn and continues throwing gold onto the jacket. Hooker says, “Man, this guy looks like *that* guy.” Evans gets angry and replies, “All Chinese people look the same. This isn’t him.” But Hooker insists, “No, man, we need to bury this corpse here. Are you going to keep the gold here or take it home?” He shouts loudly. Evans says, “Help me!” After putting all the gold into the jacket, Evans asks Hooker to help carry it. Evans is very angry. After placing all the gold bars in the jacket, Evans steps out and grabs one end of the jacket, telling Hooker to grab the other end. But Hooker is still terrified, looking at the Chinese man’s body. Evans gets angry, saying, “Are we leaving this gold here or taking it to the canoe?” Hooker then grabs one end of the jacket, and both slowly carry the jacket forward. At one point, Evans feels pain in his arm, in his shoulder. He tells Hooker, “I’m feeling pain here,” and then says, “It must be from paddling all night.” They walk a few steps further, carrying the jacket, and Evans says, “I need to rest for a bit.” Then, trying to carry it a bit further, Evans’ breathing becomes heavy, and he collapses. This time, when Hooker comes to help, Evans says, “Don’t come near me, don’t touch me!” Dragging himself, he leans against a large tree and sits there, instructing Hooker, “Go, take the gold and leave!” Hooker looks at the surroundings. This wilderness feels very strange to him. He picks up the fallen gold bars and puts them back in the jacket. While picking up the last three bars, a two-inch thorn pricks his thumb. He removes the thorn and throws it away. While carrying the ingots, his jaws suddenly drop. He starts thinking, looks at the thorn, and then at Evans. Evans is trembling in pain, completely shaken. Evans’ body is in extreme pain. Hooker collapses on the ground, and his body starts convulsing. Looking at the surrounding trees, which seem like pillars, a kind of fear grips his mind. He sees the trees around him like giant pillars. His attention turns to spider webs. Now, the scattered dots from the bottom of the map come to his mind. He starts to realize everything: “Oh my God, what were those dots?” And he recalls Chang-hi’s mocking laugh. Deep inside, Hooker is now terrified, remembering that laugh. His body starts trembling. For the treasure’s security, Chang-hi had placed those dots himself, and those dots were thorns, which we also call dyak poison. In tribal contexts, people use these thorns in blowpipes to hunt. They were actual dyak poison thorns, scattered everywhere by Chang-hi to protect the treasure, a knowledge only Chang-hi had. Hooker screams, “God, save me!” In fear for his life, he starts sucking the spot where the thorn pricked him to remove the poison, but then realizes that doing so will harm his entire body. The gold bars are nearby. Hooker feels intense pain. He places his hand on his chin, his elbow on his knee, and sits in this condition, enduring immense pain. He keeps recalling Chang-hi’s mocking laugh. Hooker feels intense pain in his throat. A light breeze is blowing above, causing the petals of large white flowers to break off and float down. Hooker is writhing in pain. He watches the flower petals fall, and slowly, slowly, in immense pain, Hooker stops breathing. In other words, Hooker dies a very painful death.
Thus, this story shows us the very negative consequences of greed and the misuse of power.
SHORT SUMMARY
The Treasure in the Forest by H. G. Wells
Write a short summary of the story "The Treasure in the Forest".
"The Treasure in the Forest" is a story of mystery and suspense. It was written by the American writer Herbert George Wells. This story has presented the destructive consequences of greed and power as its major theme. This story opens with the scene of two Englishmen's voyage in their small canoe. Both of them are near the island. Both of them seem quite tired and thirsty after their whole night's voyage. They have an old yellow-coloured map related to the treasure. They discuss the treasure by pointing at the map first. They confirm three palm trees and the blue star's location as the exact location of the treasure. They get confused about the sharp dots on the bottom of the map. Those dots seem like pieces of glass or teeth. Both of them need water badly. Evans sees a dream sitting in a boat. He has a dream about their jungle incident, where they learn about the Spanish treasure and the act of hiding the treasure on the island by Chang-hi alone. He sees himself killing Chang-hi and snatching a map from him. Later, he sees Chang-hi in the terrible form of a vast devil with a big black tail. He becomes fearful to see Chang-hi's terrible and mysterious smile.
Later, both Evans and Hooker drink cold and fresh water in the river. They move ahead on the island, chopping the bushes. They find a Chinese man's dead body and the gold treasure behind the bushes. Evans moves inside the hole and starts collecting heavy gold bars in his coat, whereas Hooker becomes fearful about the Chinese man's dead body and his surroundings. Evans gets pricked by little thorns inside the hole twice while collecting gold bars. He asks Hooker to help him. He feels pain in his arms and neck. Both of them pulled the heavy coat out of the hole. As they move ahead, Evans stops twice due to pain. He keeps his distance from Hooker and stands against a tree. Hooker feels restless in this situation. As he picks up the last gold bar, he also feels pain in his finger due to the thorn. He sees Evans trembling with pain. Evans becomes motionless. Finally, he also feels pain and starts trembling.
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The Treasure in the Forest by H. G. Wells
The Treasure in the Forest Exercise
BEFORE READING
Answer the following questions.
a. Have you read any stories about treasure hunting before? If yes, what is its title?
Answer:
Yes, I have read a story about treasure hunting before. Its title is "Pirate Treasure Hunt".
b. Why do you think people take risk of treasure hunting?
Answer:
I think people take the risk of treasure hunting to become prosperous in their lives.
UNDERSTANDING THE TEXT
Answer the following questions.
a. Describe the expository scene of the story.
Answer:
The expository scene of the story opens with the explanation of two tired and thirsty Englishmen and their surroundings in the sea. These two men have been presented in their small canoe near the beach of a tropical island. They can easily see the empty beach, the green forest and the mountains of the island ahead.
b. What does the map look like and how do Evans and Hooker interpret it?
Answer:
The map looks quite old, like rough paper. It is yellow and creased due to much folding. The sketch on the map is not so clear. Evans and Hooker interpret it by pointing to the different locations on it. According to them, the beach, the forest and the mountains on the map are just in front of them, which they are watching. The carved and twisted line on the map is the river where they can easily get cold and fresh water. According to them, the blue star's location is the exact spot of treasure where three palm trees are standing near the river, somewhere deep in the forest. They ignore the bottom dots, which look like pieces of glass or teeth. Finally, they consider the writing Chinese because the people whom they met in the forest were Chinese men.
c. How did Evans and Hooker know about the treasure?
Answer:
Evans and Hooker knew about the treasure through three Chinese men's quiet talks in the forest. Both Evans and Hooker were there in the jungle searching for something. They happened to see the Chinese men behind some bushes in the forest. The Chinese men were sitting in front of a fire and talking quietly about the treasure in an English accent. Evans and Hooker moved closer to them stealthily and heard their plan related to the hidden Spanish treasure.
d. Describe Evans's dream.
Answer:
Evans's dream was so strange and mysterious. He dreamt of it sitting on his boat, closing his eyes. He saw different things in his dream at once after closing his eyes. He saw himself and his friend Hooker in the forest, searching for something. They saw three Chinese men behind some bushes who were sitting in front of a fire and talking quietly about the treasure in an English accent. Both friends moved closer to them so they could hear them properly. They got some ideas related to Spanish treasure from Chinese men. Next, Evans saw himself catching the neck of Chang-hi. Chang-hi started crying with the pleading words 'No' and 'Please'. But, after taking the map, Evans made him quiet. Next, he saw gold in huge portions. Finally, he saw Chang-hi again with his eyes wide open. Chang-hi appeared like a terrible monster with a tail. He smiled mysteriously and called out Evans's name.
e. What do the two treasure hunters see when they walk towards the island?
Answer:
The two treasure hunters see various things when they walk towards the island. Firstly, they see thick bushes and cut them to make their way ahead. Later, they see big white flowers, which they haven't seen before. Finally, they see the dead body of a Chinese man whose face is down on the grass.
f. In what condition did the treasure hunters find the dead man?
Answer:
While they moved carefully ahead, chopping thick bushes and big white flowers, they found the dead man. The dead man's body was in a miserable state. The face of the dead man was down on the grass. When Evans inspected the dead body, he found a Chinese man. The dead body's face was black and purple. It was about a month old.
g. How did the treasure hunters try to carry gold ingots to the canoe?
Answer:
The treasure hunters tried to carry gold ingots to the canoe with great difficulty. The coat was quite heavy due to the heavy gold ingots. Both of them pulled the coat out of the hole, helping each other. They decided to take the gold home. Evans stopped and rested at first. Next, he dropped the coat, and the gold bars fell to the ground. A bit later, Hooker also felt pain in his arms and neck. They started trembling and feeling much pain. They failed to reach the canoe along with the gold bars.
h. How were Evans and Hooker poisoned?
Answer:
Evans and Hooker were poisoned due to their carelessness. They didn't have proper knowledge about the sharp dots on the map at the bottom. Evans was poisoned at first inside the hole while touching gold bars. He got poisonous Dyaks thorns in his fingers twice. Hooker got the same thorn in the ground while picking up the last gold bar. The poisonous thorns started showing their reactions. Both felt pain in their arms and necks. They trembled in pain and died at last.
REFERENCE TO THE CONTEXT
a. How do you know the story is set on a tropical island?
Answer:
I know the story is set on a tropical island simply because of its setting. The story presents a tropical desert island far away from human habitation. The tropical island simply has a hot climate. Here in the story, we find an island with a hot climate. This island is located quite far away and is surrounded by the sea. The characters in the story are seen as tired and thirsty due to their whole-night voyage and the excessive heat in the island's region. Another feature of a tropical island is the rainforest. We can see the rainforest here in this story, where two characters find a river and quench their thirst with fresh, clean and cold water. Here, thick bushes and big white flowers, which the characters see on their way, are mostly seen on tropical islands. All these things in the story reveal the fact that the story is set on a tropical island.
b. Why do you think Evan and Hooker took such a risk of finding the buried treasure on a desert island?
Answer:
I think Evans and Hooker took such a risk of finding the buried treasure on a desert island to be prosperous in their lives. Their economic status isn't good. They are poor treasure hunters, as mentioned in the text. They are seeking a glorious chance to improve their lifestyle. They feel so good to hear Chinese men's secret talks related to the treasure in a deep forest on a deserted island. They attack a Chineseman and snatch a map from him, bearing risks. They want to improve their poor conditions at any cost. Their greed for becoming rich and prosperous makes them undertake this venture.
c. Do you think the narrator of the story is racist? If yes, what made him feel superior to other races?
Answer:
By racist, we mean a person who believes that a particular race is superior to others and discriminates against other races. Yes, I think the narrator of the story is racist. After reading this story, I got the idea that the narrator has a feeling of racism. Here, the narrator has presented himself as superior while narrating the story and describing its events and characters. We find him addressing the characters in a very biassed manner. He has even discriminated against the characters according to their race while describing them.
In the story, he has addressed the characters by their racial or ethnic groups. He has introduced them to "two Englishmen" and "three Chinese men." Here, addressing the characters in this manner shows the narrator's pride in his race. He seems to have a dominating nature while describing them.
Next, he has even made a biassed comparison between two Englishmen and Chinese men. He has shown the superiority of Englishmen over Chinese men. Chinese men have been presented as people from marginalised groups. Both Englishmen kill an innocent Chinese man, Chang-hi, brutally. Here, the narrator has presented Englishmen's superiority over Chinese men.
The superiority of the narrator is seen in the story most of the time. His description seems quite biased. His narrating style is one of dominance, where he has discriminated against the characters in the matter of racism.
d. What do you think is the moral of the story?
Answer:
I think the moral of the story is the bad consequences of greed and power. The story presents the downfall of two Englishmen due to their greed and misuse of power. Both of them became victims of greed and power. Thus, we should not run after greed and power. Greed always invites destructive consequences in our lives.
REFERENCE BEYOND THE TEXT
a. Interpret the story as a mystery story.
Answer:
A mystery is defined as something that is a secret, something where there is no clear explanation, something difficult to understand or explain, or something unexplainable or unsolvable. The basic elements of a mystery story are characters, setting, plot, problem and solution. Among these basic elements, we find a variety of aspects, which are: suspense, crime, witnesses, mysterious locations, red herrings, clues, investigations etc. The story of a mystery arouses readers' interest and curiosity.
The story "The Treasure in the Forest" by H. G. Wells has all the basic elements of a mystery story. The story has fine descriptions of its mysterious setting and characters. It has a fine plot with various twists in the characters' situations. This story has kept all its readers in very suspenseful situations till its end. The readers of this story become too curious to know about the next events. We find the crime of murder of the character named Chang-hi by Evans and Hooker. The story moves along with the clues on the map and the characters' acts. The fearful surroundings of the forest and the final painful deaths of the characters create a kind of suspense among the readers. The poisonous thorns appear to be the main cause of the deaths of the characters. All these things prove this story to be a mystery.
b. Treasure hunting is a favourite subject of children’s stories. Remember a treasure hunting story you read in your childhood and compare and contrast it with ‘The Treasure in the Forest.
Answer:
Treasure-hunting stories are so interesting to read. I also read a treasure-hunting story in my childhood. The story that I read in my childhood was in the cartoon version. The title of that story was "Sindbad and the Treasure Island." This story of treasure hunting is about the main character Sindbad's adventure on a mysterious island, where he has to face various fearful experiences. Now, I'm going to compare and contrast Sindbad's story with that of H.G. Wells's "The Treasure in the Forest." Some of the comparisons and contrasts are as follows:
1. Both stories are related to treasure hunting, and the sets of the stories are on islands.
2. The expository scene of "The Treasure in the Forest" opens with two characters, Evans and Hooker, in their small canoe in the sea, whereas "Sindbad and the Treasure Island" opens with Sinbad's adventure in the desert with his horse. Later, he makes his own boat to sail.
3. Hooker and Evans reach the island the next day of their voyage, whereas Sindbad reaches the island after three days and nights.
4. We find the search for water in both of the stories. Evans and Hooker get cold and fresh water in the middle of the forest and quench their thirst in the river, whereas Sindbad drinks water from a huge spring.
5. Evans and Hooker walk on the island for some time and see a dead body behind bushes, whereas Sindbad encounters various terrible skeleton ghosts and fights with them.
6. Evans and Hooker find gold inside a hole just on the left side of the dead body. They have a map, too. But Sindbad finds the treasure inside a mountain's cave. He also has a map related to the treasure.
7. Both Evans and Hooker die due to the poisonous thorns at the end of the story. They lose their lives. But Sindbad calls his friends at the end and takes away the treasure safely.
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