Daniel Dafoe
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Total reviews: 11
Average rating: 4.5 of 5
My review 4 out of 5 stars.
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I am Bobby Rodriguez, a 6th grader. I am a student at Stanley British Primary School. For my book report I chose to read Robinson Crusoe. It is a captivating book about a boat that gets caught in a bad storm and everyone dies except Robinson and he swims to land. I really enjoyed reading this novel.
The Book Robinson Crusoe is an adventure book. It is about a little ship that only had about 30 people on it. The crew got stuck in a big storm. It was a hurricane. They stayed under the cabin for 12 day's and 12 nights. Those 12-days and 12 nights it rained the whole time they were under in the ships cabin. They finally got out and saw land. They thought the ship in minutes was going to timber and it was still raining. Two men fell over board. So the crew hopped on the little boats and tried to get to land. Everyone died expect Robinson. He made to land. He was going to face a lot of problems, for example he had no food, he no weapons to hunt, he had no dry clothes and he had no place to sleep. So Robinson was pretty much shipwrecked on a deserted island. Robinson was going to learn to stay alive on a dangerous land. He must hunt, build shelter, and make this island his home. And his question is will he ever get home? That next day Robinson had to try to get back to the ship so he could get supplies to stay an alive. When he went back he found two cats that were still alive on the boat, he got food, guns and ammo. To get all of his supplies to the island he made a raft, using branches and rope. After time he made a house in a cave and knew where to get food and where to hunt. He was actually enjoying him self on the island. Robinson thought he was the only living soul on the island until one day when he saw some Native Americans. He didn't talk to them because he was an afraid they would kill him. In fact, he hid from them. After 15 years, finally they found him, but Robinson didn't want to leave he was really enjoying him self there. That is my summary of Robinson Crusoe.
I thought Daniel Defoe was a pretty good author, but not the best. The reason I say this is because I didn't think his descriptions were that detailed I had a hard time picturing the island and setting in my head. I thought in the book there was really no hard word for me. Next time I should choose a more challenging book. I thought the writer's style of sentence's were really good, in my opinion because he mixed it up with short, choppy and long sentences. I really enjoy a book were an author does this, it makes it more in enjoyable for the reader. I like how the author never stays on one topic for too long and jumps around on the topics. I was disappointed that he didn't leave the island. I thought as I read it that he wanted to leave. I felt confused. So I really enjoyed this, but I didn't really like the ending. Overall, this is one of my favorite books and it is a classic.
Editorial Review:
Robinson Crusoe is the timeless tale of a man shipwrecked on a desert island, with only a few possessions left for survival. He is all alone. Then one day he sees a footprint in the sand...
