Kuyambira pamene Jim Hawkins wachinyamata akukumana naye munthu wakhungu wosauka ku bwalo la Innocent Innbowre mpaka nkhondo yapadera yosungiramo chuma pa chilumba cha tropical, mphako imapanga masewero ndi maonekedwe omwe ali ndi moto wa malingaliro a mibadwo ya owerenga. Olembedwa ndi mchitidwe wodabwitsa wa zolembera, mbuye wa zochitika zonse ndi mlengalenga, nkhaniyi imayambira pa mkangano pakati pa zabwino ndi zoipa — koma panopa ndi mtundu woipa kwambiri. Ndicho chithunzi cha ndalama zowopsya kwambiri zasiliva za John zomwe zimayambitsa nyengo ya nkhani yonyenga, umbombo, ndi wolimba.
