Is Robinson Crusoé by Daniel Defoe good? I was having ae look at my old books and I found an adaptation of it that my school made me read for a test (6th grade I guess?) and I really liked it. Should I read it?
Guliver Travels is better
It's pretty literary m8
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robinson_Crusoe#Interpretations
Also check out Hayy ibn Yaqzan
Yeah, it's pretty good. I've actually read it ("read" it, if you wish) three times without reaching the end. As soon as he gets off the island, I lose interest, every time. Another good Defoe: Colonel Jack, perhaps better than RC.
It's pretty funny how casually he enslaves Friday but otherwise pretty boring. Just some Protestant nerd whittling wood and crying for 400 odd pages.
>>7563126
>crying
If anything, he's unrealistically matter-of-fact and unemotional about everything if I recall
>>7563138
He's pretty distraught for a while, until he finds God.
>>7563138
He still bursts into treats routinely even after he surrenders to God's will or whatever.
>>7563224
Yeah, he's generally stoic and resourceful, but there are times, especially in the beginning, when he mourns his situation.