Daniel Foe Brief Summary

1.1 Growth

Daniel Foe was born September 13, 1660 and was the son of James Foe, Daniel was in school to study for a priest, but left it and began trading in 1685. He stopped studying trade in 1692. That's when he started writing brochures .
His first major progress was made in 1701 when he wrote the satire the trueborn englishman.
The text was sold in 80,000 copies and Daniel was presented to the King.
It was during that year (1701) that Daniel began to use the surname defoe.

1.2 studies

Defoe studied for the priest but later abandoned it and began trading on 25 when he was 25.
Daniel wrote his first hit The Trueborn Englishman 1701, sold in 80,000 copies.
In 1703 he released The shortest way with the dissenters where he was running with the church, the toric party and the argument to eradicate those disputes and sentenced to the

James Foe was a middle class man, although his mother was in a higher grade. However, he had to live his early years poor on account of his political and religious visions of his father, a religious dissent from the English Church and a follower of Oliver Cromwell.

2.1 characters

Robinson Kruse
The main character and the narrator. In the beginning, Kruse is a young middle class man in York. His father recommends not to go to sea, but Kruse longs for a life as a sailor. Kruse seems quite stubborn because even though he should not go to sea because it is dangerous, he does it anyway. His endurance ensures his survival through storms, slavery and twenty years of isolation on a deserted island.

Friday
Friday never seems to be opposed to his new leader, and he can sincerely see it as an appropriate replacement to save his life. But any Friday response may be, his tragedy has become a symbol of imperial pressure throughout the modern world. Friday's overall charisma works against the emotional mortality found by many readers in Kruse.

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