Robinson Crusoe

Robinson Crusoe is a novel written by Daniel Defoe. It is known as first realistic novel in English Literature. It tells us a Crusoe’s struggle which saved from shipwreck. He survived alone, and he tried to adjust in the island. He made a cottage from the stuff found in ship. He planted corn. He kept a dairy and wrote events that lived through. By the way, he became friend with one of the cannibals. He trained him, and named him as Friday. They became close friends. At the end, Friday died and a british ship saved Robinson Crusoe.

We can see so many effects of realism. For example; mading cottage, planting corn, keeping diary, naming his friend as Friday, teaching English to him etc.

“O drug!” said I aloud, “what art thou good for? Thou art not worth to me, no, not the taking off of the ground; one of those knives is worth all this heap; I have no manner of use for thee; e’en remain where thou art and go to the bottom as a creature whose life is not worth saving.” However, upon second thoughts, I took it away."

There is a quotation from Robinson Crusoe. “Drug” does not have the exact mean. It means “money.” Crusoe found money from the ship, but there was no need to use money, because he was living alone in the island. Even though money was so needless in island, he took money. Maybe he thought that one day he would save from island and then he could use it.