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The Characteristics of Robinson Crusoe
The Life and Surprising Adventures of Robinson Crusoe tells us the story that the realistic account of Crusoe's struggle against the pitiless forces of nature on the lonely island. The topic theme is adventure through all the passage. The spirit of 18th century in England is embodied in the image of Crusoe.
Robinson Crusoe who desires adventure never becomes reconciled to the simple life. He does slave business. But he gets trouble when he is during the voyage of trading slaves. He wakes up and finds that he is on an lonely island. Crusoe first realizes that he is in a dangerous place and must protect himself from wild animals' attack. Then he resolves to find more healthy and more convenient spot of ground and makes a kind of dwelling instead of complaining the situation he is involved in. The place he chooses is on the seaside and it is good for him to know the time of a day. Crusoe spends great efforts to making a dwelling place with yard and cellar for himself. He is full of the capacity for work.
"The entrance into this place I made to be not by a door, but by a short ladder to go over the top, which ladder, when I was in, I lifted over after me, and so I was completely fenced in, and fortified, as I thought, from all the world, and consequently slept secure in the night,which otherwise I could not have done; though, as it appeared afterward, there was no need of all this caution from the enemies that I apprehended danger from." It indicates that Crusoe is a such knowledgeable person. What's more, he carrys all the things he needs from the boat, such as provision, ammunition and stores. After he perfects his dwelling place, he suffers a storm and lightning. Form his behaviour of facing the unexpected disasters and salvaging the powder, it shows the perseverance in Crusoe's characteristics.
"I went out once at least every day with my gun, as well to divert my self, as to see if I could kill anything fit for food." The details of how Crusoe haunts to feed himself give us more materials to describe Crusoe's characteristics. He observes the habit of dams and find the way to capture them. There is no doubt that Crusoe is an independent, considerate and practical person. If not, he would be a dead body sooner or later.
Nevertheless, Robinson Crusoe is a person but not the god. Everyone who is left on an lonely island would be absolutely pessimistic. Crusoe also cannot escape from this fate. "I had great reason to consider it as a determination of heaven, that in this desolate place, and in this desolate manner I should end my life." In these words, another image of Robinson Crusoe comes out. In most paragraphs of the novel, the author shows us a great English bourgeoisie who is independent, persevering, inspiring and practical. If without Crusoe's pessimistic thinking, the whole story would not be perfect and true to life. Even without this detail, it may destroy the before that using the real and proper figure on making the dwelling to close to the real life by the author.
However, fortunately, we see the perfect Crusoe in reality. After thinking thoroughly, he brings his energy and brave back. Readers also can see this in the following words. "how well I was furnished for my subsistence, and what would have been my case if it had not happened, which was an hundred thousand to one, that the ship floated from the place where she struck and was driven so near to the shore that I had time to get all these things out of her." In another word, Crusoe is a lucky man. As other sailors are gone, he is still alive. Then he becomes optimistic again. He decides to live a better life with all the left things he holds. And he brings his potential into full play, with adventurous spirit, ambition, enterprising spirit and so on. Though, what should not be ignored is that he is the typical image in the rising period of bourgeoisie. So he has colonial mind, the desire of conquering and widening his own country. When he makes his decision to stay on and improve the island, what does he do? He cuts it with his knife upon a large post, in capital letters, and making it into a great cross he sets it up on the shore where he first landed. "I came on shore here on the 30th of Sept. 1659." It means that "I am the king of the