Robinson Crusoe: Imagery i.e. week three blog

"Robinson Crusoe" is a book full of vivid examples of imagery that Daniel Defoe uses a few ways. The first way (and the most obvious) is to really make the reader feel like he/she is on the island with Robinson so that they can more fully visualize what he's going through. This is the most common usage of imagery and can be found in almost any work of literature. Although not a very unique way of using this common literary element, Defoe is still able to draw in the reader and make the book somewhat captivating.

The second way is his way of using very vivid imagery that pop to show a significant plot change. An example of such a use of imagery is when Robinson's ship is attacked and he is enslaved by Moors. Going from a fairly wealthy trader to a slave is a fairly large life style change, so Defoe really slams the imagery in your face as if to scream out that there's something big going down.