Describe Robinsons father and his beliefs. Why does the father feel that Robinson should not travel to raise a fortune by application and industry? | English & Literature Questions & Answers

Robinson's father did not understand why Robinson wanted to go to sea. He believed that the only type of men that went to see were those that were dreadfully desperate for one reason or another, or that they had a aspiring fortunes waiting for them. He reminds Robinson that they are from the middle class and that middle class families don't do such things. If Robinson travels, his father suggests, he will experience misery and unhappiness while those who live in the middle class don't experience either extreme of the very rich or the very poor.

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