Describe the blind man with the help of a character web. (draw a graphic organizer of your choice) in the story black spot
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Answer:You probably wouldn't expect a blind man and a peg-leg to be the primary antagonists, or adversaries of the main character, in an adventure story . One can't see, the other can't run. Both have wicked hearts and wouldn't hesitate to stab a friend in the back if it meant the difference between destitution and a treasure.
In Treasure Island, Robert Louis Stephenson's villains hide in plain sight beneath their physical disabilities. The first antagonist we meet is the blind beggar, Pew. In chapter 3, The old man comes to the Admiral Benbow Inn to visit Billy Bones.
Blind Pew
blind pew
The Black Spot
Billy Bones is a boarder at the Admiral Benbow Inn, where Jim Hawkins lives with his Mother. The day after Jim's father passes away, a dense, cold fog settles on the village. Jim is standing at the door when he hears the tapping of a cane on the cobblestone, coming slowly nearer and nearer. When the figure comes into view, Jim sees an old, hunched man with a cane, wearing a weathered trenchcoat and a blindfold. Jim recalls, ''I never saw in my life a more dreadful-looking figure.'' Jim's initial impression is a mixture of revulsion and pity, thinking the old man a ''horrible, soft-spoken, eyeless creature.'' The blind beggar insists that Jim lead him to Billy Bones. Jim is so terrified that he cannot refuse.
The old man takes Jim's arm as they climb the stairs. Jim is a little shocked that the blind man has such a strong grip. Jim calls it an 'iron fist.' They find Billy Bones in bed, sleeping off the rum. The blind man delivers the black spot. It's a piece of paper with a dark spot on one side and a message on the other: ''You have til ten tonight.'' The black spot is a summons, or warning sign, for pirates that foretells death or vengeance. It's after 3 now, so Billy has about 6 hours to comply. Upon receiving the message, Billy drops dead of fright.
Flint's Fist
Jim and his mother root through Billy's possessions and discover a horde of gold coins and a map: this is Flint's Fist, the map named after the old pirate captain that can take you to Treasure Island.
In chapter 5, the blind man returns to the Inn with a group of buccaneers. The others treat him like the leader of a gang. His presence is formidable despite his disability. They call him Pew. Like Long John and Billy Bones, Pew was a member of Captain Flint's crew. Having squandered his share of the treasure, he lapsed into begging and thievery.
In Billly's chest they find his cache of coins, but Pew isn't interested in the money. He wants the map, Flint's Fist. Of course, when the bandits can't find the map, Jim is their first suspect: '''I wish I had put his eyes out!' cried the blind man, Pew.'' They ransack the inn, but the map is nowhere to be found. Pew is sure that the boy couldn't have gotten far.
The gang files back out onto the road and a quarrel ensues. He works himself into a rage, cursing and beating his men. He makes a final attempt to encourage them to continue the search for Flint's Fist: ''You'd be as rich as kings if you could find it, and you know it's here, and you stand there skulking. There wasn't one of you dared face Bill, and I did it--a blind man! And I'm to lose my chance for you! I'm to be a poor, crawling beggar, sponging for rum, when I might be rolling in a coach! If you had the pluck of a weevil in a biscuit you would catch them still.''