It's pretty slow going at first, but the pace picks up after the first 80 pages or so. It is pretty racist, but you make allowances for the time period, etc. Just a good adventure story, but to be honest I much prefer some Jules Verne. ( )

There are a lot of dragging events about how he survived the wilderness and made do with what he has. I liked how he has these reflections, how the experiences he had made him a better person, and how despite all that he went through, he thanked God because he realized that being alive is the greatest blessing of all. There are a lot of misspelled words but the description is excellently written. It would take you to a place where you'll just find calm, trees, and blue waters, and would make you ask yourself what you'd do in his position. I thought it would never end but things got more interesting when he found Friday. His character is really stubborn from the start, but he's only human and the great thing about him is improvising with scarce resources. This story just tells us what happens when we take the big plunge. We learn from mistakes and sometimes enjoy making the mistake. ( )

In Robinson Crusoe, an Englishman, Robinson, gets shipwrecked! He is stranded on an island for about 35 years... until hes 55 years old! He rescues a man that is being kept hostage by the island natives. He names this man Friday, because thats the day he met him! This book was very adventurous, which is fun to read about! It was written in Old English which was sometimes hard to understand.

Overall, I thought this book was very interesting! And you should read it! :) ( )

Defoe Complicates Ethics in Early Novels: Developing Moral Tolerance in 18th C London

Daniel Defoe grapples with complex ethical issues earlier novelists had avoided by having Robison Crusoe and Moll Flanders suffer moral failures while still garnering our sympathy as readers.

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Substance: A series of connected anecdotes, there being no real story beyond th experiences of Crusoe on the not-quite-desert island. The moral of the story purported to be Crusoe's repentance of his previous immoral life and reprobate deeds, but in fact he never seemed to get beyond them. His casual acceptance of his right to be master of his fellow escapee extended to his making Friday his servant, despite extending many deserved accolades to the "savage". Once released from the island, he faced no tests of his new-found Christianity, which consisted primarily of gratitude (well-enough) and seemed devoid of any real understanding of Christian doctrine (understandable in the period in which Defoe lived).
Style: Entertaining, engaging, and everything your English teacher ever told you. ( )