Content Introduction I. Daniel Defoe’s and his biography I. His writing style

Conclusion
The novel's title character, protagonist and narrator is an Englishman who, while traveling by ship from Brazil to Africa, is caught up in a terrible storm. All the other people who had been on board the ship drown. Crusoe finds himself a castaway on an uninhabited island in the Caribbean. Crusoe lives on the island for twenty-eight years. He spends most of that time living entirely on his own. Fortunately, Crusoe is able to salvage many useful items from his wrecked ship. With difficulty, he is also able to make several other items that are useful to him. Crusoe is able to grow crops and eventually manages to domesticate some of the wild goats that live on the island, thus supplying himself with a constant source of nourishment. Crusoe also finds comfort in religion. He comes to consider that, on the whole, God's providence has been very favorable to him and he even sincerely thanks God for sending him somewhere where he is away from the temptations of a wicked world. Crusoe's peace of mind is shattered when he discovers that some other unknown person, and possible danger to him, has also been on in the island. He is later horrified to discover that cannibals from the mainland sometimes come over to the island to feast on their victims. In the twenty-third year of his time on the island, Crusoe rescues a prisoner of the cannibals. Out of gratitude towards Crusoe for having saved his life, the man willing becomes his servant. Crusoe names him Friday. Crusoe teaches Friday English and "everything that was proper to make him useful, handy and helpful." He also instructs him in the Christian religion and converts him to it. Friday later helps Crusoe to ensure that the cannibals never come back to the island again. Eventually, an English ship comes to the island. The ship has been taken over by mutineers but Crusoe and Friday help the ship's captain to recover it. Crusoe returns to England on the ship and Friday goes with him. It is widely believed that Robinson Crusoe was inspired by the true story of Alexander Selkirk (1676 - 1721), a Scottish sailor who was marooned on an uninhabited island in the Pacific[3] in September 1704 and who lived there alone until February 1709. Another likely influence is the philosophical novel Hayy ibn Yaqdhan, which takes place on a desert island, written by Ibn Tufail, an Arab writer, philosopher, theologian and scientist who lived in Spain in the 12th century. A Latin translation of Hayy ibn Tufail was published in England in 1670 and an English translation was published in 1674. Defoe wrote two sequels to Robinson Crusoe. The first one, The Farther Adventures of Robinson Crusoe (now better known as The Further Adventures of Robinson Crusoe) was first published later in 1719. The second one, Serious Reflections of Robinson Crusoe was published the following year .