What kind of traits does Robinson possess in your mind?
ambitious enterprising
adventurous
fortitudinous
Deeper meaning: everyone can be
abandoned on the desert island like Robinson, the truth is even we are now living around in a hustle and bustle of large crowds, we still have a lot of moment to be alone, to walk our own path of life all alone. But luckily, what Robinson shows us is: Solitude is not a horrible thing; the really sad thing is we can not stand on our own feet in the misery of that endless loneliness.
• born in 1661, died in 1731 • son of a London butcher named Foe • at 40, added the aristocratic prefix De• a jack-of-all-trades as well as a writer • a radical Nonconformist in religion • a journalist and a pamphleteer • knew prison lifenions
Robison learns that a certain part of the A dog island is Two cats occasionally visited by cannibals who come here to A parrot celebrate their victories over their enemies Friday and to devour their captives. He witnesses one such celebration and manages to save one of the victims. Robinson names him Friday to commemorate the 5 day of his rescue.
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1.Robinson’s youth and the time up to his shipwreck
2.his twenty-eight years on an uninhabited island
3.his adventures after being rescued from the island
Defoe’s Life
Background
The experiences of Alexander Selkirk, a captain lived alone in an island for 5 years The middle of 17th century The beginning of realistic fiction as a literary genre
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