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ind began to blow, and the sea to rise in a most frightful manner." Robinson Crusoe, who had never been to sea before, saw this as a sign that he was justly "overtaken by the judgment of Heaven" for his wicked leaving of his father's house without letting anyone know. He was so frightened that he made the promise: "If it would please God here to spare my life in this one voyage, if ever I got once my foot upon dry land again, I would go directly home to my father, and never set it into a ship again while I lived." The wind soon abated, and the next morning the sea was so calm and so beautiful that he entirely forgot the vows and promises that he had made in his distress, and joined the other sailors in a drinking bout.

As they neared a place called Yarmouth Roads, the winds ceased to blow and thus they were stilled for eight days, and when the winds did begin to blow, the ship immediately encountered a storm much more violent than the earlier one. Even the most experienced sailors were down on their knees praying. The storm continued with such fury that the seamen acknowledged that they had never known a worse one.
 
 When the boat sprung a leak, Robinson was ordered below to help pump the water. It soon became apparent that they would not be able to save the ship and the captain fired several volleys of distress signals. A lighter ship in the vicinity made it up to their ship and was able to take the crew away from the sinking ship, which foundered soon after they left.

The crew finally got to shore, where Robinson Crusoe met his friend's father, who owned the ship. When the captain heard Robinson Crusoe's story, he felt strongly that it was the "hand of Providence" instructing Robinson Crusoe never to go to sea any more. He told the young man: "You ought to take this for a plain and visible token that you are not to be a seafaring man." He even wondered if he had done something wrong that such a person as Robinson Crusoe should "come onto his ship," and he warned Crusoe again that "you will meet with nothing but disasters and disappointments" if he did not go back to his father's house.
 
Although a lot of people warned him do not go to sea again, he didn’t listen to them and finally went to sea again.

Santiago was a code guy as Hemmingway’s most works figure. He never gave up to destiny. Through Santiago’s life, Hemmingway gave us a good deep thought of life and death, “Man is not made for defeated, and a man can be destroyed but not defeated.” It’s not important any more, no matter what the old fisherman finally got---a whole fresh big marlin or a skeleton, for the old man has completely demonstrated us the value of being a man. He had spared no efforts to seek for his aim, he never compromised and gave up to the crazy crowds of sharks from the beginning to the end.
  
II. The Comparison between Robinson and Santiago
 
2.1 Similarities
 
Robinson and Santiago are very famous in world literature. We usually know them separately, however no one compare them. Although they differ from each other in destiny, they also have a lot common.
 
2.1.1 Confidence
 
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