A Book Report of Robinson Crusoe

Have you ever wondered what you would do if you were the only person on a desert island? How many days can you survive? Day or days?

Daniel Defoe dramatizes such an experience in Robinson Crusoe, an adventure story about a man named Robinson Crusoe who is stranded on a desert island for 28 years. This book is one of the forerunners of the English realistic novel, which is based on a real experience of Alexander Selkirk, a Scottish castaway who lived four years on the Pacific island. Defoe develops the sailor's story with his own imagination. As the struggle of man vs. nature and man vs. man is so interesting to read, I keep my attention on the story until the very end.

As a bourgeois writer, Daniel Defoe shows his ideas about the rising bourgeois class in his book. He creates the image of Robinson Crusoe, a typical of the rising English bourgeois class in the 18th century. Robinson Crusoe is a practical,diligent and religious person with a restless curiosity to know more about the world. He is never content with his current life and he is longing for adventures. All his characters indicate the bourgeoisie's dissatisfactions with their situations at that time and their desires for extension in the world.

Another thing delivering through the whole story is individualism. With the influence of the Renaissance and the Industrial Revolution, more and more people are being interested in individualism, especially the bourgeois class. And from the story of Robinson Crusoe, we can see his desire to prove individual power in the face of social and natural challenges. Although his bad luck puts him alone on a desolate island, he doesn't lose his belief to survive. Alone on the island, Robinson Crusoe overcomes many difficulties: hunger, loneliness, the fight against disease etc.

Of course he is only an ordinary person and he also has fears and gets puzzled at the beginning. We can see that he is in despair and questiones himself "Why did God put me on this island all alone ?" But later he gets out of despair and does all he can to find out ways to provide himself with residence, food, and tools. He salvages things from a wrecked ship and makes full use of them.

Just as the proverb says, "God helps those who help themselves". With great will and strength, Robinson Crusoe creats for himself a kingdom by taming animals, gathering fruit, growing crops, and hunting. He also makes a calendar to remind himself of the world. It is his marvelous capacity for work, his boundless courage and energy in overcoming obstacles that make him a hero. And in the story, Daniel Defoe also sings the praises of human labour, presenting it as the source of pride and

happiness as well as a means to change man's living conditions.

However, Daniel Defoe also beautifies colonialism and slavery in the story., which I think is the limitation of his class and the times. Obviously, Robinson Crusoe is a colonist. For example he puts up a sign as his landing monument after he sets foot on the island. He also thinks he owns Friday's life and wants Friday to be obedient just because he saves Friday and gives Friday a name as a man. Moreover, Robinson Crusoe's adventures is not only for survival, but also for occupancy of wealth and land.

All in all, it's no wonder that Robinson Crusoe is a successful realistic novel. On one hand, it glorifies the individualism and tells a story of ordinary people in plain and simple language; on the other hand, it shows a vivid and positive picture of he rising English bourgeois class at its early stage of development.

 

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鲁宾逊漂流记读后感

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在一次航海中，鲁宾逊所乘的船在一个荒岛附近发生意外，船上的水手和乘客全被淹死了，只有鲁滨逊一个人活了 下来。他克服了所有的绝望生存了下来。他坚强的过起了野岛…生活。经过不懈的努力，他得到了很多东西。在这么艰难的 环境下他还能够这么坚强的活下去，真的很不容易。他创造出了世界的奇迹。 鲁宾逊的开拓进取的精神是我们所没有的，是值得我们所有人去学习的。

我想到了自己，读过《鲁宾逊漂流记》，我深深地意识到了自己的不足， 如果面对着这么大的灾难，我会很害怕。…… 不会像鲁宾逊一样这么的勇敢。在我们的 生活中这种精神不应该学习吗？ 鲁宾逊遭遇海难漂流到荒岛上以后，他没有害怕，而是勇敢地面对了眼前的困难。 鲁宾逊的勇气给我留下了深刻的印象，从鲁宾逊的身上我看到了他的坚强，看到了他对生命的向往。人最宝贵的东西是生命，而年轻的我们更应该爱惜我们的生命，让我们像鲁宾逊一样，坚强，勇敢，乐观的向着每一天奔跑… …