What are the narrator's characteristics and whom does he represent?
       ROBINSON IS A TYPICAL 18TH CENTURY ENGLISH MIDDLE—CLASS MAN, WITH A GREAT CAPACITY FOR WORK, INEXHAUSTIBLE ENERGY, COURAGE, PATIENCE AND PERSISTENCE IN OVERCOMING OBSTACLES, IN STRUGGLING AGAINST THE HOSTILE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT.
       HE IS VERY PROTOTYPE OF THE EMPIRE BUILDER, THE PIONEER COLONIST. ROBINSON CRUSOE, SUPPOSEDLY BASED ON THE REAL ADVENTURE OF ALEXANDER SELKIRK WHO ONCE STAYED ALONE ON THE UNINHABITED ISLAND JUAN FERNANDEZ FOR FIVE YEARS.