Chapter 1
Crusoe leaves home at Hull on September 1, 1651, against his father's advice; the immediate storm at sea he interprets as divine warning.
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From Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe
Crusoe defines himself through his "original sin" of disobeying his father and going to sea, a transgression he interprets retrospectively as the cause of all his misfortunes.
Chapter 1
Crusoe calls his wandering disposition his "original sin" and identifies it as the source of his sufferings.
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