In Crusoe's second trip, he characterizes as an adventurous person. It is an adventure that offers him an expense free travel with the captain, and toys and trifles worth 40 Euros for him to carry. He learns a lot from this free trip.
Men whom fall from high status
This would be character vs character. This means 2 characters are against each other.
well it says here in the exerpt that they bursted out in to laughter showing they thought that was a joke.
A subatomic particle with a positive charge is a proton