Robinson Crusoe is a story of adventure and the hero must rely upon his own wits and courage to survive he demonstrates self-reliance and travelling building his plantation in Brazil and most of all surviving on the island Robinson Crusoe's tasseled is built for both comfort and defense and he has few materials but he manages to use what he does have ineffective creative ways civilization is another important theme rules and order govern cruisers life even on the island his concept is based on his experience with European culture and civilization and he does not recognize that natives have
civilizations of their own he insists that Friday give up his cannibal ways wear clothing and learn to speak English crew zone ever adopts any cultural habits of anyone else the spaniards do learn to speak the language of the natives cruiser does acknowledge that cannibalism is their culture they do not see it as a sin progress is another important theme crudo goes from survival in the wild to hunting and farming he makes his own tools and furniture domesticates animals plants crops and establishes a small colony christianity is another important theme robinson crusoe relies on god to
take care of him but he fears punishment for his past occasions he finds his quality of life improves as his faith in God becomes stronger this is his motivation and he begins to believe that God has placed him on earth for a reason initially he thinks that was because he survived multiple shipwrecks God must therefore have some kind of purpose Crusoe teaches his faith to Friday and soon he seems like a devoted Christian Friday asks questions that Crusoe finds difficult to answer in teaching Friday he becomes a more understanding Christian himself nature is another room
theme in Robinson Crusoe and one of the chief actors have been guiding the plot nature blows crews oh ship onto the shores of the island but also provides calm seas so Crusoe can salvage from the wrecked ship nature provides all that crews oh and joys and fears on the island and Crusoe learns during the novel that nature can provide bounty of cultivated or destruction and not treated with caution cruiser discovers that even his most diligent work cannot overcome some of the forces of nature which he believes strongly is God's hand at work
