# O'Brien — Treasure Island character guide

> O'Brien in Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson.

**Role:** minor

**First appearance:** 0024-xviii-narrative-continued-by-the-doctor-end-of-the-first-day-s-fighting

## Who they are

A mutineer who is killed during the attack on the stockade.

## In the story

### [I Strike the Jolly Roger](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/treasure_island_se/chapters/xxv-i-strike-the-jolly-roger)

Dead on deck, killed in a drunken fight with Israel Hands.

### [Israel Hands](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/treasure_island_se/chapters/xxvi-israel-hands)

Dead crewman lying on deck, referenced by Hands in a discussion about death and spirits.

### [Pieces of Eight](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/treasure_island_se/chapters/xxvii-pieces-of-eight)

O'Brien is dead, his body thrown overboard by Jim; it rests beside Israel Hands on the seabed.

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