robinson crusoe did not take the gold coins do u think that they would have come in useful?
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After finding himself stranded on “Island of Despair”, Robinson Crusoe traveled back and forth between the island and the still standing ship. He gathered everything he could in hopes of survival. However, one of things that should pop out at you of what he takes from the ship is money. Crusoe took coins from the ship which were totally worth nothing on the island.
However, why did he take them? On the island there was no market, no stores, etc. There were not any civilians to trade anything for. The coins became a waste of space. Crusoe hesitated in taking the coins. He thought to himself the money meant nothing. What would he use it for? Yet, he still took it.
Maybe it was because he did not want the money to go to waste. The thought of the money being lost in the ocean or sea was just too devastating for him possibly. Did the coins scream his name? Probably not. Did he possibly take them because it reminded him of his wealthy past? We are not told, however, I think not because Robinson Crusoe spent most of his time on the island, not waiting for help, but trying to make a living of what he could. Or because he wanted it to remind him that it was the reason he was stranded? One can only guess, apparently.
Could it possibly be because it gave him a sense of hope – a hope of deliverance from the island? Slightly, I think, but, however, he did not really get that sense of hope until he came to know God. It wasn’t until he accepted God, repented, and received spiritual deliverance that he could care less about being saved from the island. Although, he did not give up totally on being saved from Island of Despair, but he was at peace with God in his heart.
I slightly think he took the gold and silver because he did not know what was to come. He probably wanted the coins to remind him that to crave wealth can leave you stranded, or to help imagine of getting off the island and buying something nice. As the novel goes along, we do not hear anything more about the money. On the other hand, we hear more about God. I think mostly Robinson Crusoe took the “some European coin, some Brazil, some pieces of eight, some gold, and some silver” because Daniel Defoe, the author, wanted to tell some people that God is way better than money. God holds a lot more value than money ever will.