SYNOPSIS OF ROBINSON CRUSOE

This is a story of a man who lives alone on an island after he is shipwrecked.

Robinson's ambition is to be a sailor.So he runs away from home sets out to sea, against his father's wishes. His first trip was rather succesful but on his second trip he was attacked and captured by Turkish pirates. He was made a slave and during his journey with them a storm strikes his ship and his ship is destroyed. He is the sole survivor shipwrecked on an island.

The resourceful Crusoe creates a comfortable life for himself.One day, he rescues a victim of a cannibal attack, who becomes his friend.Crusoe names him Friday.The story focuses on their friendship.Crusoe is finally rescued by a ship after 28 years.In the years on the island, Crusoe and his friend have many adventures and face many challenges.
Crusoe learns many things while on the island.He learns to grow his own crops, rear animals, make pots, make boats and even sew his own clothes.Being alone, he learns to live by himself without the luxuries of a modern home.
By the time he leaves the island, Crusoe has been on it for twenty-eight years,two months and nineteen days.He settles down in England, gets married and has children. After his wife died,Crusoe visits his island.He is pleased to see that the English and the Spaniards live together as a community.