The narrative
techniques included used ininclude those of realistic , autobiography, and spiritual
autobiography. Crusoe narrates the events of the novel from his own point of view, and he
includes not only his own biographical details but also his inner emotions. For example, at the
beginning of the novel, he says of his origins: "Being the third son of the family and not
bred to any trade, my head began to be filled very early with rambling thoughts." The
reader has access to the biographical details about Crusoe's family and has insight into
Crusoe's reaction to his family. For example, when his father urges him, even to the point of
tears, to settle down to a predictable and safe career such as law, Crusoe says,
I was sincerely affected with this discourse, and,
indeed, who could be otherwise? and I resolved not to think of going abroad any more, but to
settle at home according to my fathers desire.
Crusoe
wants to follow his father's advice, but to his own...
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