Robinson Crusoe: Coins

Robinson Crusoe: "Why did he take the coins off the ship?"


In this work, Robinson Crusoe found himself stranded upon a deserted island where he learns how he shall be successful. If you compare chapter eight with one of the beginning chapters you'll see a drastic difference. In one of these chapters, Crusoe finds money on his wrecked ship, and he takes it. The reason that Crusoe took the money, in my opinion, is this: that Crusoe still wanted the money because it was still fresh in his mind and he was used to collecting it. And likewise, that he saw some possible use for it in the future.

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Robinson Crusoe (the Storms)

"How important for the narrative are the descriptions of the storms?" (book: Robinson Crusoe)



What is the importance of the descriptions of the storms in Robinson Crusoe? I believe that the stories in Robinson Crusoe don't as much focus on the descriptions of the storms but rather the consequences in Robinson Crusoe's life after the storms/through the storms. His ship sinking, being stranded on an island, etc. are instances and circumstances that I view as the meat of the story.

The storms although important, aren't necessarily the meat of it for me. They're rather the bone marrow, with his actions in response to his life's circumstances being the bones.

Paul: Adoption and Inheritance

"How were adoption and inheritance related in Paul's thought?"



In Paul's thought, they were related by the fact that they were both spiritual matters.  The adoption was an adoption into the church, and the inheritance was that of the Kingdom of God.  Both of these are matters of the heart and have to do with salvation.  You are not adopted into the Lord's church without salvation, nor do you inherit the blessings that come along with it.  You need one in order to have the other.  This is how I believe that he thought the two were related.

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Aeschylus

  "What was Aeschylus's view of the Trojan war?"

      The way that Aeschylus describes the remains of Troy, and the Greek's victory was very interesting indeed!

     First of all, we see that the war is said to have been started because a woman named Helen was captured.  The war would last ten long years.

     Once the men returned to their families, we are told that the women are angry because they know that their husbands have most-likely had affairs with the captured women of Troy.

     I think that this shows that Aeschylus's view of the Trojan war was not a "blind view" so to speak.  He noticed the negative qualities that resulted from them and made sure to note of them.  I think that although I'm sure that he saw some good things as a result of the Trojan war, he also noticed the bad.

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