Robinson Crusoe: Chapter Seven: I Build My Fortress
In chapter seven of Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe...Crusoe looks to build a house to keep safe from savages. After finally finding a good area near the sea, he begins to build what will become his walls. He then digs into a rock and builds a structure out of it that will serve as a cellar for his house. After many days of hard labor, he decides he needs to gather more supplies to finish his house. One night Crusoe is startled by a thunderstorm, and he becomes very worried that all of his gunpowder, which is stored in the cellar separate from his other supplies, will be destroyed. He is happy to see that it is safe in the morning, and he discovers many goats on the island, which he uses for food. Crusoe builds a large cross and marks it with "September 30, 1659", the day he arrived on the island. Crusoe decides every day he would put a new mark on the cross. Crusoe builds a table and a chair, where he starts recording the good and bad things he's experienced. Crusoe watches for ships from the top of a little mountain, and is forced to stop his journal after running out of ink.
It is fun to see the adventure that Crusoe experiences in each chapter. I think it is fun to read and picture in my head. I like to put myself where he is in my head to see what I would do in a situation like that.
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