Comparison of Themes

The story Robinson Crusoe, was about survival a man who

wants to become a sailor but his misfortune drives him onto an
uninhabited land where he lives for 28 years before returning
back to England.

The story has three major themes that are: Relation of Man and
Nature, Courage and Determination

Humans are part of Nature. Crusoe was a man who loves
Nature, When he was on the island and finds himself alone with
only Nature as his companion, he adapts easily. He was quick to
use things from Nature to help him survive.

Robinson Crusoe was a Brave and courageous man. He shows
great courage when he escapes from his Turkish master. When
he was shipwrecked on a deserted island, Crusoe overcomes
great obstacles to survive. He shows great courage saving his
fellow beings from the Cannibals.

When compared with the themes of Old Man and the Sea, we
find that Old man and the sea has three themes that are: Man
and the Natural World, Pride, and Struggle

The old man was unique in his relationship to and
understanding of the natural world. He talks about the sea as
though it were a woman. He respects Nature, the creatures. His
dream of lions shows that he was still courageous.

The Old man despite of his poverty and Old age has pride.
Humility doesnt break his pride. Humility keeps the old man
sound and rational in his decisions on the sea. Santiago briefly
wonders if pride was a problem.

Struggle and the old man have a unique relation. The Old man
meets has struggle in everything he does. He wasnt able to
catch a fish for first Eighty Four days. Then once he gets a fish
he struggles to catch it. Once the fish was caught, He lost it to
the sharks.

Comparison of Characters

The main character of the story, he was a rebellious youth with
an inexplicable desire to travel. Because of this desire, he brings
misfortune on himself and was left to fend for himself in a
primitive land. The novel essentially chronicles his mental and
spiritual development as a result of his isolation. He was a
contradictory character; at the same time he was practical
ingenuity and immature decisiveness. Whereas, Santiago was
an old fisherman in Cuba who, at the beginning of the book, has
not caught anything for eighty-four days. Santiago endures a
great struggle with an uncommonly large and noble marlin only
to lose the fish to rapacious sharks on his way back to land.
Despite this loss, Santiago ends the novel with his spirit
undefeated.

Comparison of Plot

Old man and the sea was a story of an Old and Poor man in
Cuba who was unlucky and hasnt caught a fish in a long time,
he struggle a lot to catch a large Marlin but was unlucky to lose
it to the Sharks on his way back home. 'Robinson Crusoe' was a
book written by Daniel Defoe that was first published in 1719.
Robinson Crusoe was a story about a man who goes on a voyage
at sea. His ship wrecks, but he was spirited about the sea and
goes to sea again, where his ship was taken over and he was
enslaved by pirates. He escapes them and then stars plantation in
Brazil. He again goes on a voyage but his ship becomes
shipwrecked on an uninhabited island. He then lives there for 28
Years and when he was rescued, He returns to England.