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Robinson Crusoe

Daniel Defoe · 1719

A castaway records twenty-eight years alone on an island, a story of survival and self-examination.

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  1. Part 9"O drug! what art thou good for?" On the island, what is truly valuable, and why does Robinson still take the money?
  2. Part 13When Robinson learns how the barley really came to grow, his thankfulness fades. Is something less of a gift if it has an ordinary explanation?
  3. Last partHow has Robinson changed from the boy who ran away to sea to the man who prays alone on the island? What has not changed yet?

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  1. Lesson 1FreeRobinson's father begs him to stay home. Why does Robinson want to go to sea so badly?Start
  2. Lesson 2SubscriptionRobinson gets two clear warnings. Why does he still not go home?Locked
  3. Lesson 3SubscriptionRobinson goes from rich merchant to slave. What is freedom worth to him, and what is he willing to do for it?Locked
  4. Lesson 4SubscriptionRobinson fears the "savages" of a coast he has never visited. Is his fear based on what he sees, or on what he imagines?Locked
  5. Lesson 5SubscriptionRobinson is saved by strangers twice. What does true kindness look like, and does Robinson pass it on?Locked
  6. Lesson 6SubscriptionRobinson becomes rich in Brazil. Why can't he be content, and what does he count as his "mistake"?Locked
  7. Lesson 7SubscriptionRobinson is the only one saved from the wreck. When he reaches the shore, why does he feel both joy and terror?Locked
  8. Lesson 8SubscriptionAlone on the shore, Robinson goes back to the wreck. What does he choose to save first, and what does that tell us about him?Locked
  9. Lesson 9Subscription"O drug! what art thou good for?" On the island, what is truly valuable, and why does Robinson still take the money?Locked
  10. Lesson 10Subscription"Where are the ten?" How does Robinson learn to see good inside his misfortune?Locked
  11. Lesson 11SubscriptionRobinson writes his good and evil side by side like an account book. Can counting the good really change how we feel?Locked
  12. Lesson 12SubscriptionRobinson's journal is full of small daily tasks. How does keeping a routine and a record help a person survive?Locked
  13. Lesson 13SubscriptionWhen Robinson learns how the barley really came to grow, his thankfulness fades. Is something less of a gift if it has an ordinary explanation?Locked
  14. Lesson 14SubscriptionShipwreck, slavery, and earthquake did not change Robinson. Why does a fever and a dream finally wake his conscience?Locked
  15. Lesson 15SubscriptionHow has Robinson changed from the boy who ran away to sea to the man who prays alone on the island? What has not changed yet?Review · Final essayLocked

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  1. CHAPTER VIILL AND CONSCIENCE-STRICKENcontinues from the last lesson
  2. CHAPTER VIIAGRICULTURAL EXPERIENCE
  3. CHAPTER VIIISURVEYS HIS POSITION
  4. CHAPTER IXA BOAT
  5. CHAPTER XTAMES GOATS
  6. CHAPTER XIFINDS PRINT OF MAN'S FOOT ON THE SAND
  7. CHAPTER XIIA CAVE RETREAT
  8. CHAPTER XIIIWRECK OF A SPANISH SHIP
  9. CHAPTER XIVA DREAM REALISED
  10. CHAPTER XVFRIDAY'S EDUCATION
  11. CHAPTER XVIRESCUE OF PRISONERS FROM CANNIBALS
  12. CHAPTER XVIIVISIT OF MUTINEERS
  13. CHAPTER XVIIITHE SHIP RECOVERED
  14. CHAPTER XIXRETURN TO ENGLAND
  15. CHAPTER XXFIGHT BETWEEN FRIDAY AND A BEAR

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