In Defoe's novel "Robinson Crusoe" the narrator and the main character are the same person. He decided to write the whole storytelling in the first person voice to give a realist vision of the adventures and of the period of isolation Crusoe made. His story makes all real in front of the eyes of the readers and this allows to give a moral, in addition to tell a beautiful story: not to give up because every situation can be overtake. Sometimes the narrator seems to be only a spectator or witness, he gives us one perspective of the story choosing himself what he wants to communicate. Crusoe in the narration sometimes repeats the same thing but he never slows down the rythm of the story. From the narration we can understand the real personality of Crusoe without he told that us explicitly.

Defoe has his hero keep for a few chapters a journal. This is a direct story of his sensations that puts the readers in Crusoe's shoes, living with him his experience on the island. In his journal he wrote down everything that happened to him in the first months and his improvements. But when he found out that the ink was coming to an end he decided to record only particular events in his life, not those of every day. In the description of the objects he created, he describes only the principal aspects and their utility rather how beautiful they are. Maybe he wrote a journal to keep himself in contact with the reality or maybe to get people know his story of isolation and finding himself when he would go back home 

The storytelling is a succession of narrative and reflective sequences, in which Crusoe inserts comments and judgements. The journal has the only purpose of description. 

The voyage is also a spiritual voyage that helps him to "grow up", he has to be courageous, intelligent and enterprising to survive in that conditions. 

He makes also a list of the good and evil aspects of his situation and he finds that there are many things to be thankful for, even though his condition is very bad. his companions did not survive but he is alive and this is a sign of the will of God and this thought makes him stronger.

Alice Stoppini

While religion is an important part of life, this book suggests that we should be tolerant of other religions and cultures.

Discuss in a paragraph or two.

Religion is one of the most important elements in the whole story. It can be considered part of the development and change of Robinson Crusoe, from his initial situation as atheist to the moment of his conversion: it happened in a very hard moment of Robinson's life, in a situation of illness and loneliness in an unknown island. He realises that his condition is caused by sin and fault that he committed in his life till that moment. So Robinson stops crying about his current situation and starts to thank God for saving him from the shipwreck that brought him to the Island, he also thinks about his previous adventures and recognises all the deeds of mercy that God granted him. From that moment the protagonist starts having a profound sense of God's presence and understands that he manifests everywhere.        The novel rappresents the bond between men and religion: the presence of God and his creation becomes a element of salvation for the man during the hardest times of his life. Thanks to the faith the man can find the force to deal with all the adversities of life.                              If the creation of God is one of his signs of existence and mercy the devoted man should respect and contemplate it. It means that, as an example, there should be respect between different populations with differents cultures and beliefs because we all should be part of the merciful creation of the same God. 

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