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丹尼尔笛福 Never Give Up ——After Reading Robinson Crusoe 2011级应用英语专科1班 葛瑶 3511120008 Daniel Defoe(c.I659——I73I, bornDaniel Foe), was an Englishwriter, journalist, andpamphleteer, who gainedenduring fame for his novelRobinson Crusoe. Defoe is notablefor being one of the earliestpractitioners of the novel, as hehelped to popularize the form inBritain, and is even referred to bysome as one of the founders ofthe English novel. As a prolificand versatile writer, he wrotemore than five hundred books,pamphlets, and journals onvarious topics (including politics, crime, religion, marriage, psychology and the supernatural). He was also a pioneer of economic journalism. Major works Defoe began writing the novel at the age of 59. In 1719 the first novel "Robinson Crusoe" published, popular, it has successfully created an idealized bourgeois image, the European novel history is a pioneering work. The same year, and published a sequel. In 1720, Robinson wrote "meditations". Since then, he has written 4 Novels: "Captain Singleton" (1720), "Moore" Flanders, "Colonel Jack" (1722) and "Roxana" (1724). He also wrote several biographies, such as "deaf and dumb Bo people biography of Campbell" (1720), "Peter the great" Ji (1723); a few domestic and international travel, such as "global travel" (1724), "Captain Roberts's four trip" (1726), "the British Island Tour" (1724 ~ 1727, Volume 3, the nature of the tour guide). He had several about business books, such as "business book" (1726), "British business strategy" (1728) and "make London the world's most prosperous city road" (1728). His book "English gentleman", after his death in 1890 published. In his novels "Lu Binsun Crusoe" the most widely spread, is regarded as his masterpiece Let us enjoy his main works "Robinson Crusoe”. The famous story of Robinson Crusoe can be divided into three parts: Robinson’s youth and the time up to his shipwreck; his twenty-eight years on an uninhabited island; his lie and adventures after being rescued from the island. Published in 1719, Defoe places his story in the 17th century in England, north Africa, Brazil, an island off the coast of Venezuela and back to Europe. The first part of the novel relates that, against the advice of his father, Robinson wishes to pursue his livelihood by going to sea. He does so and after a false start has some success but a third voyage ends in slavery. He eventually escapes and is helped to Brazil where he becomes a successful plantation owner. He embarks on a slave gathering expedition to West Africa but is shipwrecked off the coast of Venezuela in a terrible storm. The bulk of the novel attends to Robinson’s life on the island —how he accomplishes his survival and even establishes his "kingdom"; how he moves from a frantic state of discontent to one of resignation and contentment; how he meets Friday and, finally, how he leaves the island. Though anticlimactic, the third part of the novel traces Robinson’s securing of wealth through the honesty and loyalty of friends, his return to England, travels through the continent and a last trip to his island to see how those he left there fared I was born in the year 1632, in the city of York, of a good family,though not of that country, my father being a foreigner of Bremen who settled first at Hull. He got a good estate by merchandise, and leaving off his trade, lived afterwards at York, from whence he had married my mother, whose relations were named Robinson, a very good family in that country, and from whom I was called Robinson Kreutznaer; but, by the usual corruption of words in England, we are now called-nay we call ourselves and write our name-Crusoe; and so my companions always called me. Rob/nson Crus0e is a novel by Daniel Defoe. Itwas first published in I7I9, and is sometimes considered to be the first novel in English. Thebook is a fictional autobiography of the titlecharacter, an English castaway who spends 28years on a remote tropical island nearVenezuela, encountering Native Americans,captives, and mutineers before being rescued.This device, presenting an account ofsupposedly factual events, is known as a “falsedocument” and gives a realistic frame story. After reading the book ROBINSON CRUSOE,I was like having a long magic dream.It seemed like that I went to the island with Robinso When the character Robinson was a child,he dreamed of going to sea all day.After being persuaded by his parents for many times,he still did not give up his idea.When he grew up a little,one day,he went sailing with friends without the permission of his parents’. He had ever gone to sea for business three times,but he failed at last time.In a huge tsunami and storms,all their ships sunk down and all were drowned,just one person survived—that was him.Then he struggled with hardship,finally,he landed on the island that located in the sea of South America.It was an island that there is no human habitation,he had been lived on it for twenty-eight years alone. How to arrange the life, how does the hunt, and rescued from the savage how captive, and finally how to return to the motherland rescued,which are the most absorbing things for me to go on reading. He lived alone,working hard,and struggled with the nature and local savages.Under such a poor condition like that,he took away something useful from the broken ship,and made full use of everything that can be gotten.He even kept some animals ,such as dog,cat,parrot and so on.He planted crops and cooked by himself.He learned how to live step by step from his life experience.He created a small country by his own hands,and he became the king of it.Then,he caught up a savage to be his servant.Robinson called him Friday because he caught him on Friday.He taught Friday everythi nd lived with him together.Later,Robinson saved a capital who was betrayed by his sailors.They decided to get back ships ,so they made a series of plans.Finally,they succeed and went back to the motherland.It had been thirsty-five years for Robinson’s absence. Robinson was a strong-minded person,he ever said,”I will not give up until success,that is my temper.””I will try my best as long as I can arm pull,I can’t be drown;as long as I can stand up,I will not fall down.”He did not have any assistant,also enough tools,and he was lack of experience,which made him much harder to do such things,and it costed him for a long time.Althought sometimes his efforts would be in vain,he never gave up and not disappointed.He just did this thing again and again,like summing up experience and starting from the beginning again and again.At last,hard work resulted in good harvest:he had ship to use,some bread to eat,a lot of potteries,plantation estate,pasture,and two “luxurious”houses to live.None of these things did not need overcome many difficulties and a great deal of efforts. Robinson thought that nothing in the world that human beings can not deal with,as long as they use their wisdom and their hands,all can be solved under these. But if I were him,what should I do?I do not know how to deal with in that situation,and I am afraid of loneliness very much.Maybe I can not live on the island where was no man.What’s more,I have to admit that I am not a brave girl,and my lacking of living independently.If I were him, I probably will give up,and wait to death.To face the sudden disaster ,I can not do as what he did because I can not help myself because I do not have that power.Furthermore,I will feel lonely if nobody talks with me.I might not be as optimistic as Robinson. I pick out some beautiful sentences that I like most: “It was in vain to sit still and wish for what was not to be had;and this extremity roused my application.” I used to finish my homework before the deadline,which makes me very hurried,and there always something goes with wrong.I always just sit and wait,what I am waiting for?As a matter of fact,I do not know at all,but I am not willing to try.After reading the book,I will not do it again.Practice makes perfect,I need try more times,which can make me easily get closer to what I want. “I have saved your life on no other terms than I would be glad to be saved myself;and it may,one time or other,be my lot to be taken up in the same condition.” It teaches me that considering more for others.Everyone may someday be in trouble,if you help other people to cope with their problems,and your own will be easier to cope with.I would like help others when they are in trouble,so that others will help me when I am in trouble in return.In this way everybody can live a happy life. Everyone may experience many difficulties and troubles in all his lifetime,perhaps we face these difficulties,however,how to solve them?How can we keep a clear mind?Our parents can help us when we are young,but how about being adults?We should try to face them and deal with them by ourselves,learning to live independently. I have learned a lot from this book.Life will not go smoothly,and there usually are some hardships in front of you and wait you to go through.When we face adverse situation,we should learn to face the reality and find hope in despair.I believe that overcome all the difficulties ,victory will eventually come.And after experiencing trials and hardships ,rainbow will be even more brilliant! When I lay down on my bed in the evenings,closing my eyes,a picture appears in my mind:a blue deep vast ocean,a lonely island in the distance.And on the island,only the birds are singing,the sheep are running,the trees are growing up,the green is new,and the fragrant flowers are in their bloom.Gradually,there is a leaf boat paddle with a strong wind overturned his boat, and only one person who drifted into this deserted island—He is Robinson. Believe me,insisting in the end and struggling in the end, if so, victory will belong to you. Because, persisting in the end, the struggle of the magic and hope, it will help you go through life.Go at life with abandon;give it all you have got.And life will give all it has to you. I will never forget Robinson's stirring experience, and I will never forget his strong will and infinite wisdom. I understand, if we overcome the darkness, the dawn of the victory will eventually come. So, when we have difficulties, let's keep going! Never give up!