Robinson Crusoe Flashcards
- By whose story was Robinson Crusoe inspired?
Alexander Selkirk,a scottish sailor who managed two survive on a island for 5 years.
2.Who is the hero of Defoe’s novel ?
Robinson Kreutznaer who was born in York.
3.Why did he leave England?
He wants to travel the world because he is a member of the trading-middle-class.
4.what happens on his second voyage to Guinea?
He is captured by Moorish pirates ,but later rescued by a Portuguese ship bound for Brazil where he becomes the owner of a plantation.
- When is he shipwrecked?
On his way to africa to get more slaves, he will remain on this Island for 28 years.
- What does Crusoe do on the island ?
He tries to recreate his old society in England.
He writes a diary where he addresses himself, God, and has contemporary ideas
After 12 years he finds a human footprint on the shore and later clothes. + human flesh and bones left by cannibals.
–) he decides to attack them,but they escape leaving one of their prisoners Friday–) master etc…
When other cannibals come to the island Robinson and frisai decide to attack them and one of the two prisoner is Friday’s father
7.What does Crusoe find out when he comes back to England?
His plantation in brazil has prospered and made him very rich.
