Topic > Facing the Consequences of Life in Daniel Defoe...

In Daniel Defoe's Robinson Crusoe, Robinson faces the greatest and longest challenge of his life. As Robinson attempts to find his role in life, he travels around the world to experience what he might deem worth living for. He takes comfort in material things like wealth and possessions, which is what gets him into trouble over time. Robinson was told to take the middle path in life, but by choosing the high path instead, Robinson was separated from everything that was considered materialistic in his social life. Robinson Crusoe must face the consequences of his self-created ordeal and manage all the challenges he faces. In the theme of man versus himself, Robinson is constantly faced with religious doubt and the difficulty of making essential life decisions based on how to live. his new life. His trials begin when a storm destroys the ship he is sailing on and forces him to become a castaway on a seemingly deserted island. Using his natural mentality, the first thing Robinson does when he regains consciousness is find the ship and take as much as he can from the storage room on the ship....