Treasure Island is an adventure novel about a boy named Jim Hawkins who finds a treasure map and gets caught up in the search for Captain Flint's hidden fortune on a remote island. The novel follows Jim and other characters like Dr. Livesey and Long John Silver as they set sail on the Hispaniola and encounter conflicts between the ship's crew members who remain loyal versus those who mutiny led by Long John Silver in pursuit of the treasure. The story is a commentary on the ambiguity of morality within human nature and the conflicts that can arise from virtues like loyalty versus vices like drunkenness and lack of discipline.