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1、A Comme nt on Rob inson CrusoeI was just a schoolchild when I read Robinson Crusoe for the first time. At that time, I just felt that Robinson was such a hero that he could survive in that terrible living conditions. Now that I have grown up to an adult, I have some new opinions about this novel.Fir

2、st, I want to talk about the author. Daniel Defoe, an English novelist, journalist, and pamphleteer, is mainly known as the author of his masterpiece Robinson Crusoe. Defoe is considered as the founder of the English novel. He was born in London, the son of a butcher. And he suffered a lot in his en

3、tire life, bankrupt, imprisonment and heavy debt. When he was nearly 60, he turned to fiction and wrote the great masterpiece by which he is remembered.T he features of Defoe s novels As a writer of the Enlightenment, Defoe attached great importance to the moulding of character and to the education

4、through the influence of varied environment. He also wrote some novels such as Captain Singleton and Moll Flanders during his remaining years.The theme and the significance of the novel Robinson Crusoe” Robinson Crusoe sings a song of labor, presenting it as the source of human pride and happiness a

5、s well as a means to change man living conditions from desperation to prosperity. It a slogan which the bourgeoisie used to justify their accumulation of wealth. It is an artistic projection of colonial expansion. (the civilized vs. the savage) The theme of “ back to nature ”nd religious devotion. O

6、n the whole, Robinson Crusoe is significant as the first English novel which glorifies the individual experience of ordinary people in plain and simple language, and also as a vivid and positive portray of the English bourgeoisie at the earlier stages of its development.The image of Robinson Crusoe

7、Robinson Crusoe is portrayed as a hero of the common stock, an individualist-a self-made man, who shows marvelous capacity for work, boundless courage and energy in overcoming obstacles and a shrewdness in accumulating wealth and gaining profits. The character of Robinson Crusoe is representative of

8、 the rising English bourgeoisie. He is most practical and diligent, always religious and at the same time mindful of his own profit.Modernnovelist James Joyce eloquently noted that the true symbol of the British conquest is Robinson Crusoe.“ Heis the trueprototype of the British colonist. The whole

9、Anglo-Saxon spirit is in Crusoe: the manly independence, the unconscious cruelty, the persistence,The image of Robinson Crusoe Robinson CrusoeHe is theis portrayed as a hero of the common stock, an individualist-a self-made man, who shows marvelous capacity for work, boundless courage and energy in

10、overcoming obstacles and a shrewdness in accumulating wealth and gaining profits. The character of Robinson Crusoe is representative of the rising English bourgeoisie. He is most practical and diligent, always religious and at the same time mindful of his own profit. Modern novelist James Joyce eloq

11、uently noted that the true symbol of the British conquest is Robinson Crusoe.true prototype of the British colonist. The whole Anglo-Saxon spirit is in Crusoe: the manly independence, the unconscious cruelty, the persistence,Robinson Crusoe, this novel is based on a real fact about Alexander Selkirk

12、, who lived on a desert island alone for four years. The story takes place in the middle of the 17th century and it describes Robinson three travels. The best part of the novel is the realistic account of the successful struggle of Robinson alone against the pitiless forces of nature on the island.

13、Robinson struggles hard against nature and makes her serve for him.Open the Robinson Crusoe, I have thought carefully for a moment.Ive begun to consider what a great person Robinsonwill be! He conquered countless and unimaginable hardships. If let me stay on a lonely island, I absolutely could not v

14、anquish so many dangers;l maybe would lose confidence for life. So I respect Robinson very much, he is my hero. He lived on the island for about 30 years without any food, any tool and any habitation. He had no other person to depend on but himself, however, Robinson was not afraid of these, he had

15、the fortitude spirit. He made the best of his head and hands to struggle with the nature all the time. I admired his courage very much. He is a man of fortitude. He used guns to kill the wild animals in the forest, and got a lot of food to eat,besides, he also had built a house to live. What s more,

16、 he was very clever, he fed wild animals every day until they grew up, so that he can obtain more and more food. In the description of Robinson Hfe on the land, Defoe glorifies human labor. I m quite agree with him atthat point. The teacher tells us that labor will help create a better future at ear

17、lier time. Hundreds years ago, we got poor natural environment and we must develop and conserve the natural resources to make it more comfortable for human to live. But now the proposition changes, we have done so much destruction to the earth that the earth is paying back. Now we should get along i

18、n harmony with nature rather than control it. Thes limit；character of Robinson is representative of the English bourgeoisie at the earlier stages of its development. Robinson is not only a laborer, but a capitalist and a colonist. It true that Robinson has the spirit of adventure, which is correspond with that period, but he sets sail to sell Negroes and aims at possessing more and more wealth. That why he is also a capitalist. While “ master is the first word Friday learns from Robinson, here lies colonization in germ. Then talk about Friday. Friday is faithful to Robinso