crusoe savage man

The book Robinson Crusoe1 written by Daniel Defoe is about a young man who learns about the real world by "traveling the seas," in doing so he skips the "middle station" of his life and away from the safety nets of his parents. Jean-Jacques Rousseau author of, The First and Second Discourses2, describes the savage man as he perceives him to be. In "Robinson Crusoe," Robinson in one of his travels leaves him stranded on …

…would do. Robinson also kept planning ahead for the future. Considering that he was alone and turning to the Bible and praying to God for answers are something that is only done by civilize people. It is difficult for someone to go back to the state of nature and mind to which Rousseau's savage man is in. Even though Robinson might have been without human contact for a long period of time, he remained civilized.