Robinson Crusoe

Robinson Crusoe was born in a t take in c exclusivelyed York in the seventeenth century, the youngest son of a merchant of Ger human being origin. Crusoes sustain wanted him to become a attorney but he expresses his wish to go to sea instead because he was adventurous. His family was against Crusoe red ink out to sea, oddly his father. Initially, Robinson is committed to obeying his father, but he eventually gives in to temptation and embarks on a ship dancing for London with a hotshot, without his familys consent but if he goes abroad he leave be the miserablest poor devil that was ever born I can give no consent to it(p. ) However he decides to gala affair I resolvd to run quite away from him(p. 6)His fibre seems resourceful because whenever he feels that he has to do something, he manages to find the resources to complete what he wants to do. This is a theme as this continuous in the novel, he simply manages to go to sea without any hassle, his friend gives him a free tic ket and so therefore he makes a use of it. The archetypical thing that caught my eye when reading this opening of the novel was that it has been written from a first persons fib. I is the first word of the ovel, presenting what he himself observes usually, he favours a more than factual narrative style and focuses more on events and actions. Crusoe is the narrator and withal the main character of the tale, eachthing is described in his own lecture and as mentioned earlier, he expresses a factual and detailed narrative style. It goes on to talk incisively about himself, the main character and his brother and father. This shows that his family had a big influence on him, this familiarization of his family brings the readers closer to the character and shows that Crusoe an usual man.Having read the novel Robinson Crusoe, I will now comment on how the opening scenes to introduce themes which will be all important(predicate) to the novel as a whole. The first theme I have noti ce from the opening is betrayal because he disobeyed his father even though his father did not want him to go on an adventure. He then regrets this and wishes he were at home I would go at a time home to my father and never set it in a ship again while I lived. (p. 8) Crusoe says this long before the adventure has started, this quote gives a sense of egret and therefore makes the readers curious about what is going to happen next and therefore gives a sense of enigma. Regret meaning that whatever is going to happen, is not going to be good so therefore Crusoe is already un happy with the adventure, so from this we, as the listening be that there is more to come.He prepargons us for the adventure and makes it seem that at that time, he didnt hold frequently of his fathers advice. Now that he has experienced and found out he did the wrong thing he is on his fathers side My father, a wise and grand man, gave me serious and excellent council against what he foresaw was my design( p. 4) there is an too religious element beingness portrayed here because religious people usually turn over in a plan that has been designed by god. He becomes more religious due to being isolated on the island and starts communicating with god, so religion becomes a theme in the novel. Even though he seems to be religious later on, he still accumulates money from all his adventures and he also manages to make a profit out of his loss. This makes him an conomical man and this all comes down to his family background and the way he been brought up from what we gather in the first few paragraphs prospect of raising my fortunes by application and industry, with a emotional state of ease and pleasure(p. 4)His father always reminded him about the midpoint class people and told him that it is the lift out station of life and to be grateful of what he already has. You can tell that Crusoe is very strong of money because of the way he has been brought up, he thinks about raising his fortunes by application and industry, so we know that he has an educated background (father. He also sees money as ease and pleasure That the middle Station of life was calculated for all kind of Virtues and all kinds of Enjoyment that Peace and Plenty were the Hand-Maids of middle Fortune. (p. 5) The first few paragraphs are highly specific and detailed which fully informs the reader about every situation Crusoe goes through (his familys definition and his escape from home). This also makes the novel an eyewitness account and gives the sense of truthfulness, this makes the readers more connected to the character and therefore are able to relate more to the novel.This shows that Defoe is quite good at creating a sense of realism. Finally, Crusoe seemed to be in control of his life where he didnt want to listen to his father but later on in the novel manages to have success in mastering his situation, overcoming his obstacles and supreme his environment. So Crusoe wanting to be in control and main(a) of his life and rebellious against his father in the first few paragraphs seemed to help him later on in the novel and taught him to take control of his life. all reader can in some way identify with Crusoe and his situation.His inner conflicts are obvious in the first few paragraphs, which are duty and independence, the duty being that he had to stay home and understand law as his father wished, and the independence being the fact that he wanted to be independent and that happened to him. Hope and despair is another inner conflict because when he left home, he realised what he has done is not what he expected so therefore regretted the runaway which made him quite awful but he had hope. His hope shows that he is an optimistic person. When he was at home, he was not happy with what he had, we know this by his haracter, always looking for something he didnt have, but later on in the island, he made himself happy with what he had and made the most of everything . This shows a change in his character to be a more mature man rather than a unretentive immature male child with unrealistic dreams. The themes of religion, resourcefulness, independence, betrayal, management and economics are definitely important in the novel as a whole. They are emphasised on later when gets stuck on the island and I would say that the two most important themes would be religion and economy management.Robinson CrusoeWriting Assignment 1 From many peoples perspectives, Robinson Crusoes intention of going on a boat and observe the whole world is probably just a desire of youth and ebullience. He rejected his Fathers suggestion of a middle-stage life fulfilled with happiness that the higher and the lower stages have envied for ages. But is it true that the only thing accomplish from his desire is just setting foot on a boat? Needless to say, the trip also changes the way he has always been from the inside, which is clearly seen in the second and the third paragra phs on page 18 when Robinson and Xury were discussing who would go and find the water.Compared to other passages in the whole book, the language in this paragraph is not much complicated, but it signifies a huge change in Robinsons posture towards life and especially his little friend Xury. At the beginning of the book, Robinson is pictured as a man born in a fine family, whose Father is able to suggest and support him with a happy and peaceful life. But at the age of eighteen, it is hard for Robinson to simply accept all the things his Father offered without having to struggle, which motivates his dream of going to sea and rejects all the pleasure that he might have if he stays home.No matter how encouraging and excited Robinson is, it is infallible that he was born and raised in ease, which explains why he decided to take his Fathers advice when he was suffering from the storm in his first time being on a boat. It seems that his dreams are big, but it adopts a lot of effort to o vercome the difficulties that he never faced before. On page 18, second paragraph, it is seen that there has been a significant change in Robinsons thoughts. From a man who just wanted to go home and never go to sea again in the first place, Robinson turned into a man who is ready to support his own life and sacrifice himself for his friend. So much affection and Made me love him ever after are the proofs for what has changed in Robinson after listening to his friend Xurys suit of wanting to goon shoar alone to protect him from wild mans, Robinson realized Xurys the true that he insisted on going together with Xury and shall stir up against the wild mans. The affection of another changed his attitude and his reason of existing not only for himself but also for someone else. In the third paragraph, Robinsons attitude is once again proved at the moment he found out that Xury might need his help. Pursued and frighted described how Robinson is seeing Xurys situation when he was runni ng towards Robinson, which then led to Robinsons reaction of ran forward towards him to help. Those simple only descriptive words again showed how much lovingness and loving Robinson has become towards his little friend Xury and informed how Robinson has changed when being put in this situation. In addition, these words like a hare but different in colour, and longer legs make the novel honorable more real as Robinson now actually is a part of the wild life.As seen from the beginning, he did not know many things about the wild animals or creatures, which were not the main parts of his life. But as he steps in this adventure, Robinson achieves the great deal of knowledge, and comes to know how very good such summation of that creature can be, especially how joyful good water, which is not hard to find at all on land, can bring to him. The words used in those two paragraphs are simple, yet they still managed to describe how Robinsons attitudes towards the real life and his friend have changed.From a Robinson Crusoe who was scared and sea-sick on the first trip to the sea, we now see a Robinson Crusoe with a loving heart towards Xury, who is willing to fight and protect his little friend, and who is now living in a real wild life with creatures he has never seen before. Defoe, from my perspective, was successful in capturing the gradual change within Robinsons thoughts, beliefs and actions, and the descriptive language somehow brings something up to readers minds about how the trip to the sea is going to affect Robinsons life.