Daniel Defoe was an extraordinary man. Although he never had a college education, he spoke six languages ​​and could read even more. His background included being a government spy, trader, and journalist. As the latter, he was employed by both major parties. Of course, serving two lords is impossible, so after getting into trouble with both parties, he turned to writing as another means of living. The first major difference between Defoe's work and most other books from this era is that Robinson Crusoe is truly entertaining, quite exhilarating, and sometimes even fun to read. This contrasts sharply with most contemporary novels which adhere to a Spartan diet of unreality and boredom, their only charm lying in their utter strangeness to all things human. Basically, most stories of the time were chronicles of wondrous and magical events, without even attempting to resemble human life at all. Robinson Crusoe was one of the first books to feature characters the reader could actually relate to. Consequently, it was very popular and this idea of ​​self-recognition in a character in a book is today only discussed when it fails, implying that it has now become a natural "recipe" for write any book. Most of today's pop songs become hits. ' because of a hook; a melodic chorus or instrumental piece that basically doesn't need to convey any meaning. Its only function is to keep the listener listening. Defoe had also grasped the idea of ​​a hook. Only, his is quite bigger, at around 10 pages, than your average pop song hook, which is 4-5 words, if at all... Because sometimes the lyrics are degraded into a repeated monosyllabic sound. Defoe put this theory into practice in Robinson Crusoe. First, he asks Robinson's father to lecture him about "the middle station", which is apparently "the best state in the world". Of course, this small section only serves to charm its bourgeois audience. By refusing his father's ideas, Robinson already appears to the reader as an ungrateful son. Defoe adds a more Christian morality as Robinson sinks deeper into sin. He drinks his repentance after his first encounter with a storm. He refuses to listen to the captain who tells him "you should take this as a clear and visible sign that you must not be a sailor"..