Discuss economic conditions of reality in Treasure Island.

The most basic economic condition present lies in the
almost cliched notion of "search for buried treasure."  This simplistic idea reveals
much in way of economics.  The first economic condition revealed is a capitalist notion
of the good.  There is money or treasure to be made or found, and a few privatized
individuals are all that are needed to find it.  Along these lines, the search for
treasure, the coveting of wealth, is an individualistic and self- interested process. 
Hawkins, Livesey, and Trelawney do not seek to appropriate the treasure for social
means.  They do not commence their jouney for the desire of a collective redistribution
of wealth. The coveting and seeking of money or profit is an individualistic quest with
an individualistic end.  The idea of something being "stolen" is also a self-
interested, capitalist concept.  The fact that there is treasure protected by some,
denied to others, and forcefully taken by others are all reflections of a capitalist
configuration whereby wealth is the primary means of communication and conflict. 
Pirates and sailors do battle in Stevenson's work for wealth and ownership of the means
of production, in this case wealth and treasure.  Finally, the fact that "buried
treasure" holds so much importance for everyone in the novel reflects an economic
condition whereby money and profit seem to control the wills and minds of individuals. 
It is evident that the characters in the story seem to not mind being controlled by
money, treasure, and riches.  In fact, they seem to enjoy it.  Here, there is a major
economic condition being identified whereby people are at the whim of "things" and the
appropriation of "things" controls how individuals perceive themselves, others, and
their own sense of reality.  These are the basic economic conditions of reality in
Stevenson's work.