ABSTRACT
The castaway tale has become a constant reminder of both human ambition and ingenuity, and of the harsh failings of the desire to master the ocean. One of the common elements of the writing of the isolated castaway, both for those whose experiences went comparatively well, and others who didn’t fare so favourably, is the romanticism attached to the subsequent writing of the event by both participants and external authors. One less explored area of this theme within Creative and non-fiction writing during isolation and confinement is an appreciation of the lingering desire left in many castaways for the rest of their lives to return to their site of shipwreck to recapture emotion of the event in perpetuity and the freedom it afforded them.
