Jim Hawkins
Jim Hawkins is the protagonist and narrator of Robert Louis Stevenson's *Treasure Island* (1883).
A young innkeeper's son who discovers a pirate's treasure map, he becomes the moral center of the adventure—brave but naive, loyal but impulsive.
The name has become shorthand for a plucky young hero thrust into dangerous circumstances beyond his years.
- Treasure IslandAdventure tale with pirates
- pirateMaritime thief or bootlegger
- cabin boyYoung shipboard servant
- young heroJuvenile protagonist who triumphs
- pirate crewShip-based raiders collectively
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