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3.17 AVERAGE
3.17 AVERAGE
adventurous
hopeful
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I was stranded at my grandmother house. She had to leave so I was alone. No Internet. No novels. Nothing. My little cousin (the only one with me) gave me his Oxford edition Robinson Crusoe book for 5th grade.
It was a story of stranded, hope, making something out of nothing and God (ok annoying). Adequate
It was a story of stranded, hope, making something out of nothing and God (ok annoying). Adequate
adventurous
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
adventurous
informative
slow-paced
I'm glad to have finally read this classic. Long boring stretches, but still a decent adventure.
Favorite quotes:
"My unlucky head, that was always to let me know it was born to make my body miserable"
"It is impossible as needless to set down the innumerable crowd of thoughts that whirl'd through that great thorowfare of the brain, the memory, in this night's time"
"He is kept serene and calm by having the events of things hid from his eyes and knowing nothing of the dangers which surround him"
"My unlucky head, that was always to let me know it was born to make my body miserable"
"It is impossible as needless to set down the innumerable crowd of thoughts that whirl'd through that great thorowfare of the brain, the memory, in this night's time"
"He is kept serene and calm by having the events of things hid from his eyes and knowing nothing of the dangers which surround him"
A book I read many, many, many times as a boy, now I have read to my boys. The first book I've read of any length not written by Roald Dahl. An abridged version that excises Defoe's exhaustive sermonizing and attempts to squeeze praise into every paper-thin crevice in the story, and skips straight to the adventure.
This story is the 300-year-old precursor to Cast Away. A human marooned on an abandoned island with nothing but wits and a few odds and ends salvaged from a wrecked vessel, though Crusoe benefited from a wider variety of wildlife than Tom Hanks.
It made me very happy to hear the boys enthusiastic response each time I asked if they wanted to keep reading. It brought back something of the boy in me, for which I am very grateful.
This story is the 300-year-old precursor to Cast Away. A human marooned on an abandoned island with nothing but wits and a few odds and ends salvaged from a wrecked vessel, though Crusoe benefited from a wider variety of wildlife than Tom Hanks.
It made me very happy to hear the boys enthusiastic response each time I asked if they wanted to keep reading. It brought back something of the boy in me, for which I am very grateful.