SUMMARY

The plot revolves around greed, adventure, and murder. It transports the reader to the perilous waters of the South Pacific, where danger lurks at every step. The characters are engaging and complicated, and the narrative is full of surprising twists and turns.

Evans and his friend are portrayed as "stranded British wastrels" at the beginning of the novel. They're in a canoe, paddling towards a coral island under the hot midday heat after spending the night on the ocean. Evans is pouring over a map, which the narrator tells they stole from a Chinese guy called Chang-hi, whom they murdered during the robbery. Chang-hi had discovered a treasure left there by a stranded Spanish galleon and chose to bury it somewhere else, at a place suggested by his map. Yet, one part of the map perplexes Evans and his buddy. A portion of it is obscured by dashes pointing in all directions.

Evans and his buddy set off to find the location indicated on the map. They paddle through the deep jungle that blankets the island after beaching their canoe. They quickly come upon the pile of stones that the map had shown as they make their way through the dense vegetation. Their joy is short-lived, however, as they uncover the corpse of a Chinese guy lying next to the stones. The man's body appears swollen and discolored, indicating that he died some time ago. Closer scrutiny reveals that the Chinaman has been excavating a hole, and some yellow gold bars are partially revealed. It is clear that the man, like them, had been looking for wealth. The two guys believe the Chinaman is one of Chang-hi's associates who decided to take matters into his own hands and collect the riches for himself. Evans and his companion's search for wealth takes a dark turn when they face the harsh truth of the risks that such pursuits entail. The finding of the deceased Chinaman serves as a harsh reminder that greed and desperation may have devastating results.

Evans began gathering the valuable gold ingots to transport them back to the canoe. But then he felt a searing prick from a thorn. Despite their agony, the two guys loaded as much gold as they could inside Evans' jacket and set out. Evans' arms began to hurt after barely a hundred yards, and he came out in a sweat. He began convulsing soon after, and his health rapidly deteriorated. When his buddy strained to reposition the ingots on his jacket, he, too, felt a thorn sting. It was then that he realized the importance of the dashes on the map. Chang-hi had cleverly concealed his riches with thorns resembling those employed by the Dyaks in their lethal blowing tubes.

The narrative concludes with one guy dying alongside his companion's still-twitching body. It's a heartbreaking tale of greed and duplicity, a warning that not all riches are worth the price.

UNDERSTANDING THE TEXT

ANSWER THE QUESTIONS BELOW.

a. Describe the story's expository scene.

The story begins with Evans and Hooker, two treasure hunters, in a canoe approaching the land, a small river leading to the sea, a thicker, greener forest, a sloppy hill, and the sea.

b. How do Evan and Hooker interpret the map and what it looks like?

The image appears to be a basic map. It is difficult to determine the position using a map. The map has dots and lines. Evans re the map's twisting lines as the river, whereas Hooker interprets the dotted line and straight line as the path to the inlet freshwater pond and the star as the location.

c. How did Evan and Hooker be aware of the fortune?

Through the Chinese man's conversation and the map he possessed, Evan and Hooker learned about the treasure.

d. Talk about Evan's dream.

Evan had a dream about Chang-hi and the treasure. They were in the forest in the dream when they saw a small fire where three Chinese men sat and spoke quietly in English. Evans got closer and realized that Chang-hi had carefully concealed the gold on the island after stealing it from a Spanish galleon that had capsized. He worked alone and kept it a secret, but he needs assistance to retrieve the gold. Chang-hi was brutally killed by them during an encounter.

e. When the two treasure hunters approach the island, what do they see?

When the two treasure hunters walk toward the island, they notice three palm trees lining up with a group of bushes at the stream's entrance.

f. How was the dead man discovered by the treasure hunters?

The dead man was discovered by the treasure hunters lying in a clear space among the trees with a purple-puffed neck, swollen hands, and swollen ankles.

g. In what manner did the treasure hunters attempt to transport gold bars to the canoe?

The treasure hunters attempted to transport gold ingots to the canoe using the Coat, with Hooker catching one end of the collar and Evan catching the other.

h. How did Hooker and Evan become poisoned?

Hooker and Evan were poisoned when a two-inch-thin, slender thorn pricked Hooker's thumb. Evan rolled over Hooker, and the two of them fell to the ground together, suffering greatly.

REFERENCE TO THE CONTEXT

a. How do you know that the story takes place on a tropical island?

After paddling all night from the mainland, Evans and Hooker paddle in a canoe towards a coral island in the heat of the noon sun. There are tropical rainforests, grass savannahs, open woodlands, freshwater lakes and streams, salt marshes and mudflats (wetland), mangrove and coastal forests, fringing and offshore coral reefs, and deep sea on these tropical islands. The atmosphere, ecosystems, thicker, greener forest, freshwater stream, coastal forest, palm trees, thorny bushes, seagrass, and depth sea all help the reader understand that the story takes place on a tropical island.

b. Why do you believe Evan and Hooker took the risk of finding the lost treasure on an island in the middle of nowhere?

I think Evans and Hooker took that risk to become wealthy and also their greed surpassed their thinking ability. Wealth is such a commodity that can make people do evil deeds.

c. Do you believe that the story's narrator is racist? If so, what made him think he was better than other races?

There are some instances that proves that the narrator is a racist. For example, the narrator vehemently ciritcizes the English accent of Chang-hi (Chinaman, according to the narrator) calling it “Pigeon-English”. Similarly, one time the narrator comments, “the life of Chinaman is scarcely sacred like a European’s”. In addition, he uses different derogatory adjectives to describe Chang-hi, such as fearful, treacherous, yellow brute, vast devil and even calls him a snake. All these instances shows that the narrator is nothing but a racist.

An opinion of the narrator can be known when the narrator remarks that Chinaman’s life is not as sacred as Europeans. This ideology made him think that he was better than other races.

d. What do you believe is the moral of the story?

The story portrays two Europeans, Evan and Hooker, who are after a treasure. Due to the greed for it they commit murder and at the end although their greed takes them to what they desired for, they lose their life.

REFERENCE BEYOND THE TEXT

a. Analayze the story as a mystery story.

"The Treasures in the Forest" by H.G. Wells is a mystery story about two wastrels, a Chinese man's dead body, and thorns that make Hooker's thumb bloody. It conveys numerous emotional cases, for example, Evans and Hooker, two treasure hunters, attempt to uncover the forest's hidden treasures in the narrative.

In order to steal the treasure map, Hooker murdered Chang-hi, a Chinese man. When he is killed, Chang-hi smiles at them. They travel toward the coral island by canoe. However, neither of them comprehends its purpose. They follow the map and soon find a forest and a similar-looking stone pile.The Chinese man's body is then discovered, though.

Evans begins to pick them up back in the canoe as soon as they see the gold, but both of them suffer greatly. After that, Hooker realizes what Chang-hi meant by his grin. As a result, it is a mystery tale.

b. Treasure hunting is a popular topic in children's literature.Compare and contrast "The Treasure in the Forest" with a treasure-hunting tale you read as a child.

Reading treasure seeking stories is a lot of fun. I also read a story about discovering treasure when I was a child. When I was a kid, I read an animated version of the story. "Sindbad and the Treasure Isle" was the title of that story. The theme of this treasure hunting story is the main character Sindbad's journey on an enigmatic island, where he must fight several scary events.

Both stories are about treasure hunting, and the settings are on islands.The explanatory scene in "The Treasure in the Forest" opens with Evans and Hooker in a little canoe in the ocean, but "Sinbad and the Treasure Island" begins with Sinbad's horse-mounted trip in the desert. He later makes his own sails for his boat. Hooker and Evans arrive on the island the next day of their expedition, whereas Sindbad takes three days and nights.

Both stories deal with the hunt for water. Evans and Hooker sip cool, pure water from a spring in the center of the woodland, while Sindbad drinks from a large spring. Evans and Hooker go on a walk on the island and come across a body hidden behind some bushes, but Sindbad battles a slew of terrible skeleton spirits. Evans and Hooker discover gold within a hole to the left of the dead corpse. There is also a map accessible. Sindbad, on the other hand, discovers the treasure in a cave on a mountain. He also holds a treasure map.

In conclusion, Evans and Hooker are both killed by the lethal thorns at the end of the story. Their lives have been taken. Sindbad, on the other hand, summons his friends and carefully removes the treasure.