Keeley’s Reviews > Robinson Crusoe > Status Update

I love how his first thought of coming across an escaping native is not that such a man could become his friend, but that he could become his servant. He truly hasn't suffered enough.

13yo: Whatcha reading?

Me: Robinson Crusoe

13yo: Who is the idiot you keep mumbling about?

Me: Robinson Crusoe

The man was stunned that there were animals on the island who ate his pile of grapes he left on the ground. Quite frankly, I'm not sure he's suffered enough yet.

I love how Crusoe goes for a walk and sees all this beautiful land and his immediate thought is "this is rightfully mine!"

...and, of course, he becomes a born-again Christian seeking for God to deliver him from what he views as poor decisions on his part that led to his quandary. 🙄 I also love how conveniently the next verse, which would be more applicable to his situation, is somehow ignored:

"16 To the wicked, however, God says,

“What right have you to recite My statutes

and to bear My covenant on your lips?"

Ugh, egoists.

I love the hyperbole of comparing a lack of close neighbors and friends to being on a deserted island. Ask and you shall receive, I guess.