robinson crusoe by danie defoe

2. KNOW THE AUTHOR
• Birth :- 1660 in London.
• He was a novelist , pamphleteer
and a journalist.
• In 1719 he wrote this novel
followed by Moll Flanders, Colonel
Jack, Captain Singleton
and Journal of the Plague Year.
• Defoe died on April 24, 1731.
Defoe is remembered today as a prolific journalist and author,
and has been lauded for his hundreds of fiction and nonfiction
works.

3. SYNOPSIS
This is a “TRUE ADVENTURE STORY”
about a person who was shipwrecked
and then how he survived on an island
for almost twenty eight years .

4. Preface
• Robinson’s deepest desire was to travel by sea.
• But his parent’s wanted him to become a
lawyer like his father.
• He tries to accomplish his father’s desire.
But due to his strong passion for adventure
at sea he sets off for a
SAIL…..

5. First Sail…
• He went to London with his friend.
• During the journey , there is a
storm at sea.
• Robinson was scared thinking that
god has given him punishment for
defying his parents.

6. Second Sail…
• Forgetting about his first sail he again sets off for
a journey this time to AFRICA.
• This time the ship was attacked by pirates.
• But somehow Robinson escaped and was rescued
by a ship that took him to BRAZIL.
• At Brazil he started plantation and became very rich.
But his desire to go to sea surfaced again and he
again sets his sail towards
AFRICA….

7. Third Sail…
• This journey again ends in a shipwreck.
• He was the lone survivor , and with his efforts
swims to the nearest shore.
• He takes a lot of tools and provisions that he
considers useful to survive on the island including
weapons and food.
• Realizing that no one will come to his safety he starts
to settle down in the island as best as he can.

8. Life On Island
• Built a home for himself.
• Learns to cultivate crops , find goats
and used them for milk and meat.
• Writes diary , learns to treat illness , weave clothes.
• After 20 years a person, who was shipwrecked came
island .
• He calls him “FRIDAY” as he came to island on FRIDAY.
• After 8 more years a European ship came and Robinson
• went home on that ship.
Again after a few years ROBINSON returned to that island
and became the owner of island.

9. Why I like This Book ??
I love adventure and this book is all about
adventure. And what could be the best
adventure then to find yourself on a
deserted island and spend TWENTY EIGHT
years there.

10. RAGHU BATRA
PGDM – (IB)
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