Question

Analyze this quote about I began now seriously to reflect upon what I had done, and how justly I was overtaken by the judgment of Heaven for my wicked leaving my father's house and abandoning my duty all the good counsel of my parents, my father'stears and my mother is entreaties came now fresh into my mind and my conscience which was not yet come to the pitch of hardness to which it has been since reproached me with the contempt of advice and the breach of my duty to God and my father.

Answer 1

This quote belongs to Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe.  In this passage, Robinson Crusoe reflects upon his own doings.  He leaves his home against his parent's wishes who wanted him to pursue a career in law.  Crusoe was obsessed with traveling and seeing the world, so he decided to set sail from Kingston upon Hull on a sea voyage.  In the quote he thinks earnestly about what he had done, and how his parents felt, he feels he failed his duty to "God and his father".  He looks back upon his actions, accepting "the judgement of Heaven" for not obeying his parent's counsel.  This passage shows his religious ties to Christianity and a strong self consciousness which precedes maturity.