THE JOURNAL:

• The protagonist coincides with a narrator.
• It hasn’t got a defined adressee, it probably deserved to keep his mind alive in a hostile and wild place.
• It follows a chronological order.
• It is divided into days.
• It is written in a narrative but concise style, probably because Crusoe had to think to survive so he couldn’t spent too much time in descriptions.
• Absence of interlocutory.
• Concreteness and realism: the events reported refer to real places, animals and people.
• The language used is clear and simple, and it changes according to the situation he’s talking about.
• It’s easy to notice the presence of terms belonging to the semantic field of desperation and fear in the first days of survival.
• The language reflects the ability of man to adapt to every situations: indeed it becomes more rational and secure along the diary.
• The protagonist s a “prisoner” and a survivor.
• It contains personal reflections and considerations.

PAMELA, LETTER XI:

• The protragonist coincides with the narrator.
• It has got a defined and clearly recognizable adressee (her dead mother).
• The chronological order of the events is nota s recognizable as the one in “The journal”
• It doesn’t tell the events of one day only.
• It is written in a narrative but colloquial style. Indeed, Pamela is adressing to her mother and a letter requires a calm place to be written, so she probably had time to dedicate to narrate the events.
• Absence of interlocutory (the letter generally implies a reply but Pamela’s mother is dead)
• Less concreteness than “The journal”: the letter is full of emotions and feelings Pamela uses to express her mood
• Presence of both direct and reported speech.
• The language used is simple and informal, as many false starts and colloquial terms testify. Morover, some sentences do not have an end and it is easy for the reader to notice the confidence Pamela had towards her mother.
• Pamela can be considered a “prisoner” or a “survivor” too, as Robinson Crusoe, even if in a different context.
• Presence of personal comments and reflections with emotions expressed.