Robert Louis Stevenson was born to Thomas and Margaret Stevenson in Edinburgh on November 13, 1850. Stevenson spent much of his childhood very ill. Because he was so ill, his parents hired a full time nurse, Allison Cunningham.
Cunningham filled Stevenson's head full of amazing stories. She told him adventurous tales of Scottish martyrs and Covenanters. At a very young age, Steven was quite a storyteller himself. He had picked up on Cunningham's storytelling and wrote many short stories.
As Stevenson grew older, he continued to write. He wrote about the same things that fascinated him as a little boy. He wrote many adventurous stories, his most famous being Treasure Island. An analysis of characterization, plot, setting, tone, and irony demonstrates how Stevenson creates an adventure for the reader.
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