What became of my second brother I never knew, any more than my father or mother knew what became of me. Being the third son of the family and not bred to any trade, my head began to be filled very early with rambling thoughts.
My father, who was very ancient, had given me a competent share of learning, as far as houseeducation and a country free school generally go, and designed me for the law; but I would be satisfied with nothing but going to sea; and my inclination to this led me so bly against the will, nay, the commands of my father, and against all the entreaties and persuasions of my mother and other friends, that there seemed to be something fatal in that propensity of nature, tending directly to the life of misery which was to befall me.
As Friday learns how to communicate to Crusoe, he explains more about the cannibals and tells him that the victims of the shipwreck were saved by them and that they are living nearby.
However, before they can do as they plan, they see the arrival of twenty — one cannibal on the shore, which are bringing three other victims.
Soon, they notice an English ship approaching the shore. That is how Crusoe gets the chance to board the ship back to England. How has the world changed since he was gone? What happens to the island after he took his leave? It would not be fair of us to spoil everything for you, after all! Like this summary? Although I did not like most of the books they made us read, this one really struck my heartstrings.
I still like it, on the second, as on the third read. I have also watched many of the adaptations, but the movie is rarely better than the source it is based on. Learn more and more, in the speed that the world demands. In the new country, Robinson observes that much wealth comes from plantations. He resolves to buy one for himself. After a few years, he has some partners, and they are all doing very well financially.
Crusoe is presented with a new proposition: to begin a trading business. These men want to trade slaves, and they want Robinson to be the master of the tradepost. Although he knows he has enough money, Crusoe decides to make the voyage. A terrible shipwreck occurs and Robinson is the only survivor. He manages to make it to the shore of an island. Robinson remains on the island for twenty-seven years.
He is able to take many provisions from the ship. In that time, he recreates his English life, building homes, necessities, learning how to cook, raise goats and crops. He is at first very miserable, but embraces religion as a balm for his unhappiness.
He is able to convince himself that he lives a much better life here than he did in Europe--much more simple, much less wicked. He comes to appreciate his sovereignty over the entire island. One time he tries to use a boat to explore the rest of the island, but he is almost swept away, and does not make the attempt again.
He has pets whom he treats as subjects. There is no appearance of man until about 15 years into his stay. He sees a footprint, and later observes cannibalistic savages eating prisoners. They don't live on the island; they come in canoes from a mainland not too far away. Robinson is filled with outrage, and resolves to save the prisoners the next time these savages appear.
Some years later they return. This is my chance. I can run away. A lot of food and guns are on the boat. I prepare the boat for fishing. But I leave the food and guns on the boat. Tomorrow, I can run away.
This is my plan. I think about the young woman. I want to take her with me. It is not possible to take her on the boat. I am sad. I want to be free. But my heart wants to be with her. It is the morning. I meet the young woman in the house. I look at her. She knows that something is different. Maybe she understands that this is our last moment together.
She looks in my eyes. She touches my hand. I think that she understands. Her face is sad. My face is sad too. She smiles at me. Then, she goes away. This is our last moment together. One hour later, we are ready.
I and the boy go to the boat. One man goes with us. He is our boss for today. Soon, we are far from the land. Then, we go very far from the land. Our boss thinks that we can catch fish there. At one moment, our boss goes to the front of the boat.
I quickly push him to the sea. He wants to swim back. I take a gun. When he sees the gun, he swims away. When he is away, I look at the boy. I want to know if he is on my side.
I see that he is on my side. After two years, I am free. We go very fast. The wind is good. The next day, we are far from the pirate land. We continue. We wait for the night. Then, we go to the land. When we are near the land, we hear horrible noises. He is scared. Some animals come to wash in the water. The animals make horrible noises. The boy is very scared. Then, we hear that one animal swims to us. The boy wants to go away. I take one gun. I shoot at the animal. The animal turns.
Then, the animal swims to the land. The other animals hear the gun. They go away too. We stay on the boat. We eat bread for breakfast. The boy wants to go to the beach. I go with him. We take guns. We take big bottles for water. I want to see the boat. The boy continues alone. The boy returns after some time. He runs.
I think that some animal runs after him. But I see nothing dangerous. He has an animal in his hand. The animal is a chicken. He is very happy. I am happy too. We have good meat and fresh water. I only know that we are near Africa. I think that we are near a land where no people live. We only hear animals. One day, when we go for fresh water, we see a lion.
The lion sleeps on the beach. He is very big. He is only 20 metres from us. The boy is scared. Then, the lion opens his eyes. When the lion sees us, he runs to us. I must shoot at the lion. I have three guns. The first bullet hits his leg. The second bullet hits his head. The third bullet finishes the animal. The meat is not good.
But we take the skin. We put the skin on the boat. The skin is dry soon. We continue our journey. We stop only when we need fresh water. Soon, we see that people live on the land. One day, we see a big group of people.
They are on the beach. They have many children. They watch us. I want to stop. I want to go to the people. The people want to give us some food. Two people run to the forest. They return with some food. The people see this. They put the food on the ground. Then, they go back. When they are far from the food, we go to the food. Now, we are not scared of the people. They come to us. We thank the people. But we have nothing for the people. At that moment, we see two animals. The animals run down from the hill.
The people are scared. One animal attacks a young girl. I kill the animal. The second animal is scared. The animal runs away. The people are shocked when they hear the gun. They are also shocked when they see that the animal is dead. The people are happy that the girl is alive. They thank us. They give us more food and water.
Now, we have a lot of food and water on the boat. The next day, we see some islands. I think that we can visit the islands. But at that moment, the boy starts to shout. He starts to shout because he sees a ship. The boy is really scared.
He thinks that it is a pirate ship. But I look at the ship. I see that the ship is Portuguese. But nobody on the ship sees us. So I shoot from a gun. They hear the gun. They see us. Soon, we are on the Portuguese ship. They speak Portuguese, Spanish and French. But one Scottish sailor is on the ship. He comes to me. I tell him our story. Then all the sailors are very nice. We can stay on the ship. We are very happy. We offer our boat to the captain. He wants to pay for the boat.
It is very nice. I tell him that he can buy our boat. I give him a good price. It is a half of usual price. The captain agrees. The captain also wants to train the boy as a sailor. I think that the boy is very young for this job.
I think that the boy also needs freedom. But the captain says that it is good for the boy. The ship is on the way to Brazil. We come to Brazil after twenty days. Brazil is a new state in South America. Many people start a new life here. It is the same for me. I know nobody here. I meet some people. They have sugar plantations. Soon, we are good friends. I like Brazil very much. Soon, I learn the language. I have some money from the captain.
I buy a small land in Brazil. I start to produce sugar. But after two years, my plantation is big. I am single. But my life is good. My financial situation is better every month. After three years in Brazil, I have enough money. I can have a woman for cleaning my house. I ask my friends if they know a good woman. She is eighteen years old. I think that she can work for you. She is also a very good cook. The next day, his daughter comes to my house. She is friendly. But she is shy. She is also a very pretty girl.
We talk. I tell her what I need. The next day, she comes to my house. She cleans the dirty floor. She cleans my furniture. She comes to my house every morning on Monday and on Thursday.
She works for 4 hours. She also cooks for me. She also gives food to my cat. I am always happy when I see the girl. Sometimes we have breakfast or lunch together and we talk. Then, she is ill. I feel a strange feeling when she is not in my house. I miss her. One week later, she comes to my house. I am happy when I see her. I see that she is happy too. I ask him if I can marry his daughter. He is quiet. I wait for his answer.
Two months later, I marry the daughter of my friend. We start to plan a family. This part of my life is great.
We have big plans for our family. We have big plans for our plantation. We need a bigger house. We need more money for a bigger house. I think about the business in Africa. I can make a lot of money in Africa fast. I speak about Africa with my friends very often. I tell my friends that we can make a lot of money in Africa. They tell me that they want to go to Africa. They ask me if I want to go with them. Soon, we are ready.
I say goodbye to my wife. Then we go. We want to come back two months later. We leave Brazil in September. Our ship is very big. But we are only seventeen men. The ship is full of things for business. The weather is good but very hot at the beginning. One week later, we see a hurricane. The hurricane is very strong. Our ship is in danger. The hurricane is finished after three days.
But when the hurricane is away, we have a problem. The ship is broken. The captain wants to go back and repair the ship. We talk about it. We think about the best solution. Then in the evening, a second hurricane comes. The sea is not deep enough. It is bad for our broken ship. The ship can break every second.
We must go on a smaller boat. This is very dangerous because the boat is very small for 17 men. But we must do it if we want to survive. So we go on a small boat. The wind is very strong. The wind pushes us to big rocks.
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