important He does not listen to advice His early life was full of pride and sin After many dangers he still does not pray He says I had been well instructed by father and mother This shows his fall and his first step toward change or regeneration Fear and Realisation After the shipwreck Crusoe feels very afraid He is alone and helpless on the island He says I am cast upon a horrible desolate island This fear makes him think of God He becomes sick and thinks he will die Then he finds a Bible in the ship He begins to read it One day he reads Call upon Me in the day of trouble and I will deliver thee and thou shalt glorify Me He starts to pray for the first time This is the beginning of his spiritual realisation Prayer and Bible Crusoe begins to pray every day He says This was the first time I could say in the true sense of the words that I prayed in all my life He starts reading the Bible every morning and night These two things give him peace He finds comfort in God s words He becomes thankful to God Slowly his heart changes He becomes calm hopeful and faithful Prayer and the Bible help him walk on the path of faith Thanks And Trust Crusoe learns to thank God He learns to look at the good side of life He learns to trust God fully Even in danger he prays When he saves Friday he teaches him about God Crusoe sees himself as God s servant His soul is no longer proud He learns to trust God in all things Peace and Change At the end Crusoe finds peace in his heart He sincerely gave thanks to God for opening his eyes He is not afraid of trouble anymore He believes God is with him He becomes humble and wise His journey is now full of meaning He no longer lives for money or travel He wants to serve God This shows a full spiritual change in him In short Robinson Crusoe s spiritual journey is deep and real He moves from sin to prayer from fear to peace He begins life with pride but ends with faith The island becomes his school of the soul He prays reads the Bible and thanks God Daniel Defoe shows that suffering can lead to God Crusoe learns to trust and follow God This is the true spiritual progress shown in the novel nbsp