I would have to say I have a love and hate relationship with this book. I think it is unbelievable that no matter what happens, he survives. The ship gets destroyed and everyone goes missing yet he survives being left with everything that was on the ship. He is left with clothes, food, etc. That is what I think is phenomenon, and hate.
When Crusoe makes himself a canoe and goes around the Island just to view everything. All of a sudden he is caught in a current that was about to take him to see and then he is saved, and he is really grateful. Why is he so afraid to go on to the sea with his canoe if it could get him off the island and he could return home ones he gets on land? I understand that he might be afraid that he might not get to shore but at least he could try.
Also I find it hard to believe that he is able to survive this long and how is he able to have a whole plantation on the island?
I don’t understand how a man can be in fear for two years of his life because of a single foot print that he thinks is of a devil and then of a man. And if it is of a mans footprint than why not go out there and face him and help each other to get back home. Honestly I think he is afraid, afraid of going back home he seems to like his conditions and I think he also believes he can survive anything because he has been saved so many times. He is starting to believe that god is on his side and will never leave him if he is faithful to him. Although when he left home he was not a religious man.
And ones again, Crusoe is lucky, He finds a wrecked ship and he is left ones again with clothes, food, wine, etc.
Crusoe saves a boy who is about to be slaughtered by the cannibals and names him Friday. Crusoe teaches him everything he possibly can and in return the boy helps him with his Island. Crusoe and Friday grow fond of each other and love each other and are afraid of separation. Friday stays with him till the end.
I would have to say the last the best part for me was “I revisited My Island.” Crusoe lived on the Island for 28 years and had a deep attachment to it. Even years after he got married and had three kids and they grew and after his wife passed away he felt an attachment that was unbreakable only to the Island. Crusoe goes back to the Island to find the Spaniards have been still living there and are doing quite good for themselves. He offers them more merchandise and promises them he will send more. By Crusoe going back to the Island I found it most beautiful because it was as if he was showing gratitude to it because after all he had survived everything on the Island. It was indeed a very adventurous book.
When Crusoe makes himself a canoe and goes around the Island just to view everything. All of a sudden he is caught in a current that was about to take him to see and then he is saved, and he is really grateful. Why is he so afraid to go on to the sea with his canoe if it could get him off the island and he could return home ones he gets on land? I understand that he might be afraid that he might not get to shore but at least he could try.
Also I find it hard to believe that he is able to survive this long and how is he able to have a whole plantation on the island?
I don’t understand how a man can be in fear for two years of his life because of a single foot print that he thinks is of a devil and then of a man. And if it is of a mans footprint than why not go out there and face him and help each other to get back home. Honestly I think he is afraid, afraid of going back home he seems to like his conditions and I think he also believes he can survive anything because he has been saved so many times. He is starting to believe that god is on his side and will never leave him if he is faithful to him. Although when he left home he was not a religious man.
And ones again, Crusoe is lucky, He finds a wrecked ship and he is left ones again with clothes, food, wine, etc.
Crusoe saves a boy who is about to be slaughtered by the cannibals and names him Friday. Crusoe teaches him everything he possibly can and in return the boy helps him with his Island. Crusoe and Friday grow fond of each other and love each other and are afraid of separation. Friday stays with him till the end.
I would have to say the last the best part for me was “I revisited My Island.” Crusoe lived on the Island for 28 years and had a deep attachment to it. Even years after he got married and had three kids and they grew and after his wife passed away he felt an attachment that was unbreakable only to the Island. Crusoe goes back to the Island to find the Spaniards have been still living there and are doing quite good for themselves. He offers them more merchandise and promises them he will send more. By Crusoe going back to the Island I found it most beautiful because it was as if he was showing gratitude to it because after all he had survived everything on the Island. It was indeed a very adventurous book.
No comments:
Post a Comment