The novel is a fictional autobiography of a young man
named Robinson Crusoe, who dreams of going on sea voyages. Defying his father,
Crusoe sets out on an adventure that was to change his life. On the journey,
misfortune strikes and the ship is attacked by Turkish pirates and Crusoe is
taken as a slave. After two years of slavery, he dramatically escapes and lands
on an uninhabited island. The rest of the book tells us how Crusoe learns to
live his life on an island for 27 seven years. While on the island, he finds a
human foot print which is not his, and suspects to be that of cannibal
barbarians. Crusoe even witnesses a human sacrifice where one of the men
escapes from the barbaric act. Robinson rescues him, and names him ‘Friday’, in
remembrance of the day he saved him. Friday is taught to speak English and
becomes a great help and companion to Crusoe in his otherwise lonely life.
Robinson finally escapes when a ship that has been a victim of mutiny arrives
on the island. He helps the captain and the prisoners to retrieve the ship and
eventually sets off back to London.
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ALEN JOE ANTONY
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