Read the following passage from Robinson Crusoe [BJut I would be satisfied with nothing but going to sea: and my inclination to
this led me so strongly against the will, nay, the commands of my father, and against all the entreaties and persuasions of my mother and other friends, that there seemed to be something fatal in that propension of nature, tending directly to the life of misery which was to befal me What event from the story does this passage most likely foreshadow?
In the passage from Daniel Defoe's "Robinson Crusoe," the narrator reflects on how he has disappointed his family's request and desire to stay at home safely. In that way, his life would have been easier, more comfortable and he would not have had to suffer. Nonetheless, he confesses he has always had a tendency to venture into the sea, against his family's wishes.
