Department of English

• Name: Dave Nimesh• Roll no: 20• M.A. Sem-1• Paper no.- 2 Neo-Classical literature• Presentation topic: Robinson crusoe’s journey• Acdemic year-2014-15

About Daniel Defoe• Daniel Defoe (1660-1731) was

born in london in the year of Restoration.

• He altered his original surname Foe to Defoe.

• As a young man he travelled all over europe.

• His career had its ups and downs and he was also put into prison several time.

• When he was nearly sixty, defoe started writing novels.

• He was considered to be a founder of the English novels.

His novels

“Captain singleton”

“Captain jack”

“Moll flanders”

“Roxanda”

“Robinson Crusoe”

About Robinson crusoe novel• Like most of novel Robinson

crusoe is based on fact.• A man by the name of

Alexander Kirk had spent many years on a lonely island, all by himself, before returning to scotland.

• This inspired Defoe’s imagination.Little was known about tropical islands in those days, despite that Daniel Defoe was able to give a detailed picture of life on tropical island.

Initial -beginning of the novel

• Crusoe was born in 1632 in the city of york, of a good family

• His father had beame very wealthy as merchant

• He married a girl whose family name was Robinson

• His father’s name was Kreutznaer, but called themselves crusoe

• So his name became Robinson crusoe

• His father gave him good education and wanted to became a lawyer

• But crusoe’s heart was set on going to sea• His father warned him of the dangers of the

life at sea and asked him not to think of leaving home anymore, but one day he run away from his home and thus his journey begins.

Middle of the Novel

• Robinson crusoe goes to sea- storm in the seaHe remembers his fathers words in sigh “the boy

might be happy if he would stay at home, but if he goes abroad, he will be the most miserable wretch that was ever born”

in storm he thinks that, “if ever I got once my foot upon dry land again, I would go directly home to my father and never set into a ship again while I lived”

But then he continues his journey

middle

• Robinson crusoe becomes merchant and is captured.

• Attack by pirates• Many years of slavery• Crusoe ran away with a boy

names Xury• They rescued by merchant

ship• Crusoe sold faithful Xury• Robinson crusoe is

shipwreched

Robinson crusoe on his island

• Crusoe builds his house• He finds many things

from the ship like pens, ink, paper, compass, charts and Bible

• He was able to creat light which helps him to write Diary.

His exploration

• Robinson crusoe begins to explore his island.• He finds fruits, rivers, valley, and garden in

which he planted fruits and flowers• Thus on island he spent two years without any

sign of rescuer• Harvest of crop• Making of pots and jars to store food and

water

Robinson crusoe builds a boat

• He tries his skills as a tailor, prepares hat, trousers and waistcoat from goat skin.

• He first time feels need of companion and remembers Xury

• A strange Discovery-a print of man’s bare foot in the sand

• Crusoe’s fear of losing• But no one comes…..

Robinson crusoe gets a companion

• Crusoe called him Friday after the day on which he rescued.

• He taught him to say ‘MASTER’

• Master slave relation in novel

• Colonialism• Imperialism• “WHITE MAN’S BURDEN’’

More visitors on the island

• Friday’s father rescued from canibals

• A ship Arrives at the island

• Friendship with english captain who was enslaved.

• crusoe:- “if I save you, are you willing to my conditions? I have two…

Two condition..

• The first is that while you stay on this island you will obey any order that I give you.

• If I give you a gun, you will return it to me and to do no harm either to me or to my possessions.

• The second condition is that if you recover your ship you will take me and my servant, Friday, to England.”

The ship is recaptured

• The fight at the roundhouse and they win• Crusoe to prisoners..• “I AM THE GOVERNOR OF THIS ISLAND”• As the governor of this island I have power to hang you. Have

you any thing to say as to why I should not?(this shows his possessive nature

• Thus he left the island on nineteenth of December in the year 1686

• The ship reached england after long voyage on the 11th June 1687

• By the grace of God I was home once more after the thirty five years.