Comparison of the Transformation of Characters in Gullivers Travels and Robinson Crusoe

Robinson Crusoe is a man who was lost in the world, stuck at home with his parents, he was expected to be a lawyer, but his heart longed for the sea. Crusoe eventually left home, without telling his parents what he planned. After several voyages, all of which were seemingly “unlucky,” he is shipwrecked on a desert island and is forced to survive with only bare necessities. Many people consider him a hero because of how he dealt with his misfortune. Some people believe that Robinson Crusoe is a likeable and admirable character, but others disagree. Robinson Crusoe is not a likeable or admirable character for three reasons: he is self-absorbed, he lacks emotion, and he is hypocritical.

What would it be like to live in a world where technology has taken over the

God's loneliness is a theme central to the poem, as the preacher moves from theorizing "It must be lonely to be God" (1) to wondering "Who walks with Him?" (9) to concluding "He tires of being great / In solitude" (16) at the poem's conclusion. While Brooks does not state this explicitly, one can infer that the preacher's concern for God almost extends to wishing that he could provide God some form of companionship himself. I found myself speculating that perhaps the preacher entered the clergy for this very reason, giving Brooks' narrator a sort of history. The preacher's solemn narration in the poem gives light to its tone, which is one of compassion for God, and worry about His loneliness.

Characters will change and develop throughout a story in several ways. Whether we see a character changing their routine, or changing a relationship, a character’s development is an important part of any fictional story. Many characters will develop in a way that is relatable to the readers life, whish is one of the purposes of authors creating certain characters. Many readers need a character to relate to his/her life to remain interested to see how the character will develop and maybe apply the development to his/her own life.

She leaves the reader with an awareness of God’s presence and help. Equiano on the other hand found comfort when he was with his sister, or around people who spoke the same language as him, and showed him care and serenity. Equiano did refer to the bible and to God, but only to thank him, and not as much as Rowlandson.

Thus, Robinson Crusoe was displaying uncertain signs of his belief in God. It isn’t until he is on the uninhabited island that he begins to slowly convert into a full Christian.

The first reason that Robinson Crusoe is an admirable character is because he devotes himself to growing his spiritual life. First, he asserts, “My duty to God, and the reading scriptures, which I constantly set apart some time from thrice every day.” (Defoe

It has been observed that when placed in harsh or unusual conditions, people tend to look to spiritual support to help them overcome adversity. In Robinson Crusoe, Daniel Defoe not only depicts the struggle of a man abandoned on a deserted island, but also depicts Crusoe's repentance for past disobedience against his father and humanity as well as his acceptance of religion into his life. Crusoe's religious beliefs, however, do not remain consistent; in fact, he later uses religion as a justification for murder and other immoral acts. Crusoe accepts religion into his life, repenting for his sins throughout the novel, however his faith is not genuine, only becoming strong when he experiences misfortunes.

In the beginning of the book, Robinson Crusoe runs away from home to get on a ship. Then, when he was on his way to Canary Island, his ship was bombarded by pirates, who took him hostage. Finally, after two long years,

This paper is an attempt to examine the seeming opposition of religion vs. self-interest with respect to the character of Robinson Crusoe. I will venture to demonstrate that in the novel, Defoe illustrates the contradictions with which Crusoe must contend as he strives to please God while ensuring his own survival in the world. In part, I will endeavor to show that a distorted sense of Puritanism as well as the existing colonial mindset exacerbated this opposition, and resulted in what I propose to be Defoe's (possibly retroactive) imposition of a religious justification for Crusoe's actions.

Daniel Defoe wrote Robinson Crusoe as a restless and generally unhappy character in the beginning of the novel. Like a lot of people in society, Crusoe was never truly satisfied with the “middle state” even though his father claimed it to be “the best state in the world” (Crusoe 44). In the beginning of the novel, Crusoe was also never truly satisfied when it came to his religious life and, like many people, made empty promises he could not keep due to his inherent desire to escape the restrictions of his social class; from the very beginning, this novel implies that human nature is inherently

In the poem a man longs to find a permanent home ,and treads the idea of appealing to no true destination after the loss of his lord. The poem is written as an elegie, which displays a solemn tone followed by a serious reflection. Unlike “The Seafarer”, the speaker has developed a deepening voice of Christian Values. The speaker's introduction expressed the voice of a christian moralist as he says, “..oft to the wanderer, weary of exile, cometh God’s pity, compassionate love. Though woefully toiling on wintry seas”. The speaker’s exile causes him to feel unrighteous and unaccepted by God. In the poem the man further details his emotions of loss due to the the death of the lord, and he explains what he believes a wise man is to him. He says, “a wise man in patient, not swift to anger, nor hasty of speech, neither too weak, nor too reckless, in war, neither fearful nor fain, nor too wishful of wealth... a brave man must bide when he speaketh his boast until he know surely the goal of his spirit.” The man expresses how a wise man must be righteous and dwell in the custom his religious faith has set. He creates a precedent for Christians to follow in the Anglo-Saxon society through his strong opinions. Religion may have arised from early literature and is still relevant today.

The Christian dominate behavior of Robins Crusoe is comparable to Unca’s Baptism that materialize being saver to a native from being eaten by his cannibal enemies. Unca converts herself into religious formation. Robinson Crusoe begins his possession by giving a new identity and name for the native, Friday. Robinson Crusoe has ambivalent observation over his possession Friday, which can linked to slavery system. He does not desire to possess Friday as his slave, instead crams Friday’s head with the Christian knowledge and thoughts through the Bible; “that God was necessarily and by the nature of his being infinitely holy and just, so it could not be, but that if these creatures were all sentenced to absence from Himself if was on account of sinning against that light”. Friday accepts the Christian knowledge as Unca does for her own benefits, “as the scripture says, was a law to themselves, and by such rules as their consciences would acknowledge to be just” (Defoe, 695) This religious conversion is beneficial to Friday, since Robinson Crusoe saved his life and offers him essential substances for a living. Robinson Crusoe’s strong belief in Christianity reflects the mode of address of the religious imperialism as well as the colonizers spread the Christian word over the world especially to the colonies.

The novel, Gulliver’s Travels, is just that, a novel about the main character, Gulliver who goes on many journeys. The part of this book that brings out the reader’s interest is Gulliver’s character and the ways his character changes as the story progresses. He begins as a naïve Englishman and by the end of the book he has a strong hatred for the human race. Gulliver shows that his adventures have taught him that a simple life, one without the complexities and weaknesses of human society, may be best, but the simple life he longed for should not have been the route he took.

Daniel Defoe's novel, published in 1719, is the spiritual autobiography of one man: Robinson Crusoe. The novel tells the story of an English mariner of York, with wanderlust spirit, who decides not to follow his parents’ plans for him of living a middle-class life preferring to travel around the world. His father did not give him the consent to go away arguing that his choice meant as going against the authority of God himself; therefore, God will not have mercy on Robinson. In fact, his first trips seem to fulfill the prophecy of his father because his ship was wrecked in a storm and later was attacked by pirates. Ashamed to go home, Crusoe bordered another ship and returned to another trip towards Africa challenging his fate. Consequently