You can find my earlier posts on Daniel Defoe’s novel Robinson Crusoe here. THEMES Crusoe shows us that divine providence often works through, rather than in spite of, hardships. Crusoe’s experience on the island demonstrates that hierarchies among people are natural, but intolerance is a sinful distortion of that natural hierarchy. While Crusoe believes thatContinue reading “Robinson Crusoe: A Covenantal Outline”
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Robinson Crusoe Part 2
Robinson Crusoe is about a man discovering God’s sovereignty during exile. Robinson disobeys his father’s commands by going to sea, receives punishment through shipwreck, and then turns to Christ in his distress. He is both Jonah and the Prodigal Son. Alone on the island, Robinson can contemplate God’s sovereign work in his life. The firstContinue reading “Robinson Crusoe Part 2”
Robinson Crusoe Part 1
In this post, I begin a series of notes on Daniel Defoe’s novel Robinson Crusoe (1719). PLOT Against his father’s wishes, Robinson goes to sea. Robinson refuses a safe plantation position to take part in a slave-ship. A storm hits the ship and Crusoe is washed onto a deserted island. He contemplates his life andContinue reading “Robinson Crusoe Part 1”
Experiments in Criticism 