Thursday, February 24, 2011

Crusoe's Life at Sea

Crusoe's second trip out to sea went almost as  bad as his first time out.  His ship was seized by pirates and he became a slave for almost 2 years.  He eventually works his way out of slavery and is on an expedition that is bringing slaves to Africa when that ship is shipwrecked by a storm.  He is the lone survivor and he is stuck on an island which he calls the "Island of Despair".  He goes back and forth between the ship and the island 12 times before the ship goes down to save items such as guns, gun powder, food, and other valuable items. He uses a wooden cross to keep track of the dates and he keeps a journal of his daily task.  At one point he becomes very ill and hallucinates thinking he is seeing an angel that tells him to repent, and from there he goes on to experience a spiritual change.  He cut down a large tree and made a huge canoe only to find out that the canoe was too big too move on his own.  He also makes a smaller boat to sail around the island with, and he is still almost swept out to sea for good on this small voyage.

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