The story follows the Robinson family who are shipwrecked on a deserted island for 10 years after their voyage to Australia goes wrong. They work hard to survive, building shelters and learning to utilize the island's resources. The eldest son Fritz later discovers a shipwrecked girl named Jenny. They are eventually rescued by a passing ship and decide to start new lives in different locations.
The story follows the Robinson family who are shipwrecked on a deserted island for 10 years after their voyage to Australia goes wrong. They work hard to survive, building shelters and learning to utilize the island's resources. The eldest son Fritz later discovers a shipwrecked girl named Jenny. They are eventually rescued by a passing ship and decide to start new lives in different locations.
The story follows the Robinson family who are shipwrecked on a deserted island for 10 years after their voyage to Australia goes wrong. They work hard to survive, building shelters and learning to utilize the island's resources. The eldest son Fritz later discovers a shipwrecked girl named Jenny. They are eventually rescued by a passing ship and decide to start new lives in different locations.
The story is about the Robinson Family members who are
shipwrecked on an island in the early 19th century. They are Mr
and Mrs Robinson, their four son, Fritz, Jack, Ernest and Franz, as well two dogs, Turk and Juno. The were travelling to Australia to serve as missionaries. They found themselves off the coast of a mysterious island, where they decided to take shelter.
The novel is mostly about a family’s struggle to survive in an
unfamiliar environment for about ten years. Besides building a tree house for shelter, they also find plants and animals to use for food, clothing and their daily needs. Later, the eldest son, Fritz, explores to the other side of the island on a canoe. During his exploration he finds a girl called Jenny Montrose and brought her back to his family. She was a young English woman who was shipwrecked three years ago on that same island. A few days later, they were spotted by a British ship. The captain invited all of them to return to Europe with him. Fritz and Jenny went to London, where they were married. The other three sons, Ernest, Jack and Franz continued their education in Europe, while Mr and Mrs Robinson decided to stay on the island. After the shipwrecked, the family had to figure out ways to survive. After they landed on the island, they looked for a place to live, food to eat, made good use materials from the ship. Throughout the years, they learn how to make the most what they had and came up with new ideas to make their life there better. The Robinsons work together to build themselves a new home and a new life after landing on the island. Their teamwork led to a good life and they manage to fulfil their needs.
The family was always thankful for what they had.
Mr Robinson always thank God for the good things they had and taught his children to do so too. This was demonstrated repeatedly throughout the story. They worked and lived as a united and happy family. They had a good relationship and love each other very much. Mr and Mrs Robinson kept saying how blessed they were to have such helpful and caring sons. The Robinson worked hard to build themselves a new home, especially when building Falconhurst. The house in the tree protected them during the rainy season and when they were chased by the cape buffaloes. They also worked hard to tend to their livestock and garden which provided them with food throughout the years on the island. The family was on their way to Australia to become missionaries when they were shipwrecked. Their faith in religion and God help them to survive as they believed God would help them in whatever they do. He is a narrator of the story. A loving husband and father of four sons. He is religious, resourceful and knowledgeable. He is strong, brave, wise and God-fearing. He takes care of his family very well and manages to utilise what he finds in the shipwrecked and also around the island to build a home for his family. He also, recognises many species of plants and animals. He accepts his fate and makes the most of his situation. At the end of the stories, he chooses to remain on the island with his wife while his sons return to Europe. A brave and hardworking woman. She is always by her husband’s side and assists him in his ventures. She is a loving mother and concern. When the family home, Falconhurst was built, she was worried that the rope ladder at the entrance was unsafe for the children. She was eventually proven right. She also prepared the family meals. The eldest son of the Robinson family. He is his father’s right- hand man and a very responsible person. He is brave and isn’t afraid of the unknown. A skilled engineer and builder, he contributes greatly in the family’s effort to make the island their new home. He was determined to explore the island completely, and built a canoe by himself in order to achieve that purpose. Eventually, he meets and rescues Jenny Montrose. At the end of the story, he leaves the island to marry her in London. The second son of the Robinson family. He is also brave and adventurous. He often ventures out on his own to make important discoveries on the island. He discovered the cave of rock salt, which the family used for storage. The third son. His character and personality isn’t developed widely in the story and he role is of his mother’s helper. When the family arrived on the island, he made fishing poles with his younger brother and used them to catch fish for their meal. He also alerted his family when the rain stopped. The youngers Robinson son. Being the youngers his role in the story is very limited. He was chased by a lobster when they first arrived on the island, and make fishing poles with his older brother. He finds a beehive in the trunk of the tree in which the family home was built. This discoveries let to the stairwell being built to replace the rope ladder. The Robinsons’ pet dogs. They were initially the mascots of the ship on which the Robinson were travelling. Mr Robinson and his sons saved them from the shipwrecked and brought them to live on the island where they enjoy roaming around guarding the livestock. Sadly Juno is killed by the boa constrictor that also preyed on the Robinsons’ livestock. A young English girl. She was shipwrecked while travelling from India to England to meet her grandfather and ended up on another part of the island, near a volcano. She sent a note asking for help by attaching it to the leg of an albatross. Fritz find the note and rescues her. They fall in love and eventually got married in England. The Robinson looked for away to save themselves and they were shipwrecked and found ways to survive on deserted island. Not once did they give up.
Look at how the Robinsons cooperate to build
themselves a new home and a new life. Through their cooperation, they succeeded. Mr Robinson always felt blessed for what he and his family had been given. The Robinsons’ strong faith in God sustained them through their difficulties.
Even though the Robinsons were involved in a
tragedy, they were thankful that they were alive and managed to built a new life by using what was available from the ship and the island. Throughout the story, the Robinsons were always helping each other and were supportive of each other as a family. They lived harmoniously together and each family member always acted for the benefit of the family. You must love your family members always, no matter where you are.
They never gave up. When you set your mind on a
goal, determination will help you succeed. In times of need, we need to be creative in order to survive or get ourselves out of trouble. The Robinsons’ creativity and enabled them to think of ways to make the things they used to enjoy previously in their home country. For example, they made flour from roots instead of wheat. The flour was turned into bread, food they enjoy back in Switzerland. The Robinsons were on their way to Australia from Switzerland when they were shipwrecked. The crew abandoned the ship and left the Robinsons to save themselves. Luckily they managed to build a raft and rowed to the nearest island. On the island, they built a new life and manage to get by with items they saved from the ship and whatever they found on the island. They overcame difficulties and problems by working together. They had many adventures and the most frightening was the battle boa constrictor. Fritz, in secret, built a canoe. On his first trial to test out the canoe, he found a message tied to the leg of an albatross. The message was from a shipwrecked girl. He went to look for the girl and found her on the different part of the island, near the volcano. He took her, Jenny, back with him to his part of the island. One day, the Robinsons sighted a ship. When they saw a Union Jack flying, they send a signal to the ship. The captain of the ship came to show to meet them and invited them to return to Europe with him. At the end of the story, the Robinsons decided to go their own ways. Fritz planned to marry Jenny in England. The three younger brothers wanted to go to schools in Europe while the parents decided that they were happy to remain on the island.