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How Stevenson describes
him:
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"His skin, wherever it was exposed, was burnt by the sun; even
his lips were black; and his fair eyes looked quite startling in so dark
a face. Of all the beggar-men that I had seen or fancied, he was the chief
for raggedness. He was clothed with tatters of old ships' canvas and old
sea cloth; and this extraordinary hachwork was all held together by a system
of of the most various and incongruous fastenings, brass buttons, bits
of stick, and loops of tarry gaskin. All around his waist he wore an old
brass- buckled leather belt which was the one thing solid in his whole
accoutrement ".
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The role he plays in Treasure Island:
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Ben Gunn has been marrooned on the island for three years and us
a reformed pirate. He helps Jim and the others to overcome the pirates
and take the treasure home. Once home he manages to spend all his money
in three days and becomes a porter for the rest of his life.
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What he has to say:
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"It was a bit lonely on the island, so I was pleased to see Jim
and the others, but not
those no good pirates. I don't miss the island, except for my pet
lizard Annabelle".
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