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Important Remarks about the Novel
Robinson gains experience with age and adventures
He hesitates between good and evil
There is a conflict inside him all the time
There are two voices inside him: the voice of reason and the voice of the heart
The writer is interested in facts and data to make his novel achieve verisimilitude
Why does he keep a journal?
To achieve verisimilitude
Why does he call the island the island of despair?
he is by nature pessimistic like every body that century and he sees no hope for returning back to england
Can he keep the journal for long?
no becouse he is going to forget and to lose interest and to finish the ink that he found on the ship
Why does he stop it later?
no becouse he is going to forget and to lose interest and to finish the ink that he found on the ship
On April 16, an earthquake nearly kills him as he is standing in the entrance to his cellar:
he is saved
Guess what he thinks of as he faces death in the earthquake?
he prays