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Character sketch of robinson crusoe

Answer 1

Robinson Crusoe[a]/ˌrɒbɪnsənˈkruːsoʊ/is anovelbyDaniel Defoe, first published on 25 April 1719. The first edition credited the work's protagonist Robinson Crusoe as its author, leading many readers to believe he was a real person and the book atravelogueof true incidents.[2]Robinson CrusoeTitle page from the first editionAuthorDaniel DefoeIllustratorSingle engraving by John Clark andJohn Pineafter design by unknown artist[1]CountryUnited KingdomLanguageEnglishGenreadventure, historical fictionPublisherW. TaylorPublication date25 April 1719(298 years ago)Followed byThe Farther Adventures of Robinson CrusoeEpistolary,confessional, anddidacticin form, the book is presented as an autobiography of the titlecharacter (whose birth name is Robinson Kreutznaer)—acastawaywho spends 28 years ona remote tropicaldesert islandnearTrinidad, encounteringcannibals, captives, and mutineers, before ultimately being rescued. The story has been thought to be based on the life ofAlexander Selkirk, a Scottish castaway who lived for four years on a Pacific island called "Más a Tierra", now part ofChile, which was renamedRobinson Crusoe Islandin 1966,[3]but various literary sources have also been suggested.

Answer 2

The novel’s protagonist and narrator. Crusoe begins the novel as a young middle-class man in York in search of a career. He father recommends the law, but Crusoe yearns for a life at sea, and his subsequent rebellion and decision to become a merchant is the starting point for the whole adventure that follows. His vague but recurring feelings of guilt over his disobedience color the first part of the first half of the story and show us how deep Crusoe’s religious fear is. Crusoe is steady and plodding in everything he does, and his perseverance ensures his survival through storms, enslavement, and a twenty-eight-year isolation on a desert island