Two of the more engaging books of the Romantic Era, Defoe's Robinson Crusoe and Jonathan Swift's Gulliver's Travels, are very similar. Both describe hero's travels to the strange places and adventures among outlandish peoples. They both reflect the literary need of the time to, at least on the surface, based on true accounts. The initial plot is within the realm of possibility and then treads lightly into a land of imagination. Gullivers Travels and Robinson Crusoe, both are portrayed as resembling trained soldiers, being capable of clear thought during tense and troubled times. This quality possessed within Robinson Cruso