Robinson Crusoe
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Daniel Defoe (1660-1731) is known as the "father of the English and European novel", and his work Robinson Crusoe played a huge role in the development of the English and European novel.
His works are highly readable, and in his representative work "Robinson Crusoe", the optimistic and brave Robinson overcame difficulties through hard work, wisdom and courage, showing the social atmosphere of pursuing adventure and advocating personal struggle at that time.
Synopsis
Robinson Crusoe is about an Englishman named Robinson who drifts to a desert island due to a shipwreck. With his industrious hands and tenacious perseverance, he stubbornly struggled with all kinds of difficulties.
Later, Robinson encountered a terrible cannibal on a desert island, and the brave Robinson rescued an indigenous person from the cannibals and named him "Friday". From then on, Robinson and Friday lived on the island until twenty-eight years later, when they were rescued by a passing merchant ship and returned to their native Britain.
Thematic ideas
"Robinson Crusoe" recounts the story of Robinson's life on a desert island, who overcame all kinds of difficulties to live on the desert island for more than twenty years, and finally returned to England, praising Robinson's bravery, kindness, hard work, and excellent qualities of not giving up.
Character
The protagonist has the courage to take risks, the spirit of perseverance, the courage to pursue a free and unrestrained life, and the open-minded attitude and extraordinary creativity to actively face difficulties.
Wonderful quotes
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(1) All the good things in the world have no other benefits to us than to use them.
(2) It is useless for a man to just sit still and fantasize about what he cannot get, and this absolute truth makes me feel refreshed.
(3) After a person understands things, he will feel that being saved from sin by God is greater happiness than being saved from his tribulations by God.
Part 2
Exercises
1. The author of Robinson Crusoe is the English Defoe.
2. Robinson Crusoe is a novel written in the first person.
3. Robinson's first destination at sea was London, but he encountered terrible wind and waves, and it was easy to save his life. Robinson's second voyage to the sea was to do business in Africa, and this time he succeeded. Robinson's third voyage was extremely unfortunate, they encountered Turkish pirates, were captured, turned into slaves, escaped and arrived in Brazil. Robinson's fourth voyage was to smuggle black slaves, and was hit by a hurricane for twelve consecutive days. When driving near an island in South America, the ship suddenly hit a reef and was destroyed. (Robinson's departure route)
4. Robinson's landing on the island was dated September 30, 1659.
5. In the sixth year of Robinson's landing on the island, he built a small boat and made a trip around the island.
6. Robinson had a bag of coins, worth about 36 gold pounds, but they were unlucky and useless things for life on the island.
7. Robinson came to the island in December of the 23rd year and suddenly noticed a group of wildlings on the island. Two years later, he rescued a captive brought by the savages, which was Friday, hence the name Ofe, and he became Robinson's servant.
8. On December 19, 1686, Robinson left the island by boat with his servants, and he lived on the island for a total of 28 years, 2 months and 19 days.