Robinson Crusoe

Robinson Crusoe

By Daniel Defoe

I believe the most interesting character in this book was Robinson Crusoe. He is a young man who runs away from home to seek adventure and excitement as a seaman. He does indeed find adventure, though much more than he had hoped for. He is ship wrecked on a remote island, where he lives most of his life alone. This could be the end of the story of Robinson Crusoe, but it's really only the beginning. On the island, begins to wonder about many things. Eventually he makes many discoveries. Some strange, some horrible. But though everything, he keeps his faith in God.

The story of Robinson Crusoe starts in sixteen thirty-two, in northern England. His father was a merchant who had grown very rich and settled on an estate in York. There he met Crusoe's mother whose family name was Robinson, thus he got the name Robinson Crusoe. Crusoe got the best education his father could give him. As long as Crusoe could remember, he wanted to go to sea and become a sailor. So, when he turned eighteen, in the year sixteen fifty-one, he ran away from home and sailed away on one of his fathers ships. Storms raged while he was at sea and he was sick most of the time but eventually he got better and the storms ended. But soon there came the fiercest of storms. The crew prayed they would make it through but just then, the ship began to leak, and soon it would be at the bottom of the sea. The crew and Crusoe piled into a rowboat and paddled as hard as they could to the nearest island. But before they could get there, the boat was overturned