Read the excerpt from the beginning of chapter 1 of treasure island, by robert louis stevenson. squire trelawney, dr. livesey, and the rest of these gentlemen having asked me to write down the whole particulars about treasure island, from the beginning to the end, keeping nothing back but the bearings of the island, and that only because there is still treasure not yet lifted, i take up my pen in the year of grace and go back to the time when my father kept the admiral benbow inn and the brown old seaman with the sabre cut first took up his lodging under our roof. which best explains why the narrator mentions the gentleman’s names in the opening sentence?

To show his influence on the events occurred in the novel.

Explanation:

The Treasure Island is a novel by Robert Louis Stevenson, Scottish writer, and it was published in 1883, in London. It tells the story of Jim and how he gets involved with pirates little by little; these events lead to a trip to the mentioned island.

The narrator mentions the gentleman's name to indicate how important he was for the events: he is the one who manages to get the ship they used to navigate, and he is also behind the idea of writing the stories. Using his name at the very beginning of the book emphasizes the idea of his importance for the story.

if this is referring to star wars, han shot first.

21 balloons is the story of professor william sherman's travels.

in 1883, he set off from san francisco for a balloon ride over the pacific and was found a month later floating with 21 balloons in the atlantic ocean. this seemed an astounding feat and everyone wanted to know what had happened.    

professor sherman was loyal, however, and said he would tell his tale first to the western american explorers club in san francisco, of which he was a member. this built up suspense for several chapters before he began to tell of the wonders of his adventures and the amazing island of krakatoa, an island which had just been blown up by a volcano.  

the residents of krakatoa are all millionaires who live under a "gourmet government" of their own devising. we get to see all the incredible adventures that creative people with unlimited resources would create according to the author.