Friday, January 16, 2009
Blog #2
As we continue reading i feel like the sense of adventure has dwindled down. It has become very predictable and isn't as interesting as it was when he was first landed on the island or the story that landed him there. I can see the foundations for the more modern novels in Robinson Crusoe but i feel like because i am used to the modern writing a can't fully enjoy the simpleness of this story. There aren't too many complex ideas, nor is there a lot going on to keep the mind working. In today's discussion we talked about the point of view and how Crusoe is telling the story or has told someone the story. Hopefully this means that then ending of this book will be exciting to read. How he gets off the island, if he gets off, or if someone comes to the island, these ideas give me hope that this book wont have a bad ending. Maybe there will even be a surprise twist.
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Your point about the point of view had me thinking. Most contemporary American novels play with the idea of point of view-think of Henry in _A Farewell to Arms_ a narrator who suffered from PTSD, because they are trying to create more realistic characters. But, 18th century readers didn't expect or demand this level of realism. So, Defoe's readers would more readily accept the fact that Crusoe could look back fifteen years and remember with such detail.
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