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The Change In Robinson Crusoe's Journey

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Robinson Crusoe is an adventurous traveler who, to satisfy his inclination to sail, leaves his family house, crosses lands and seas and ends up on an uninhabited island. But a more profound desire, namely to find a station in life where he could feel realized and gratified, pushes Robinson Crusoe to set out on his travels. Whenever providence gives Crusoe the chance to settle down, he decides to continue wandering abroad seeking his goal in life. Even though the narrator, purportedly Crusoe himself, does not give a precise moment in which he finds his true role in life and realizes his ambitions, it becomes clear that Crusoe feels fully realized after the shipwreck, when he starts imposing his will on his island.
In the novel, Crusoe’s attitude changes from not knowing what he wants to do in life to knowing exactly what he can do to achieve self-realization. The transformation of Crusoe can be observed comparing his first and last travel in the novel. Even though Crusoe starts both these travels pushed by the same reason, which is …show more content…

He refuses to live the moderate and quite life that his father could offer him and indulges his desire to go to sea. Crusoe’s refusal is an ideological rejection of the quiet lifestyle of the middle class and the endorsement of a more stimulating adventurous lifestyle. By starting this travel, Crusoe is also manifestly showing that he is unable to accept the life his father has built for him, but he wants to become the creator of his own destiny. This incitement pushes him to leave impulsively asking none’s blessings. “I consulted neither Father or Mother […] without asking God’s Blessing, or my Father’s, without any Consideration of Circumstances or Consequences” (Defoe, 7). Most importantly, he leaves not knowing what his final destination will be, but only knowing that he will satisfy his inclination of “going to Sea” (Defoe,

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