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Philosophical sentences from Robinson Crusoe

1. Famous Sentences

① It is useless for a person to just sit blankly and dream about what he cannot get.

② Once they understand the truth, they will find that being saved from sin is much happier than being saved from trouble.

③One morning, I was very depressed. I opened the Bible and saw this sentence: "I will never leave you nor forsake you." I immediately thought that these words were exactly what I meant to me. Said.

④Perhaps I am happier living in this abandoned and lonely situation than anywhere else in the world.

2. Introduction to the work

"Robinson Crusoe" is a novel written by British Daniel Defoe. It mainly tells the story of the protagonist who was killed at sea and drifted to a deserted island. The story of the island, insisting on living on the island, and finally returning to the society where it originally lived.

3. Creation background

This novel was created by Defoe inspired by a true story at that time. In September 1704, a Scottish sailor named Alexander Selkirk had an argument with the captain at sea and was abandoned by the captain in the Atlantic Ocean of South America. He lived on Ann Fernand Island, 400 miles away from Chile, for 4 years. Four years later, he was rescued by Captain Woods Rogers four years later. Based on Selkirk's legend, Defoe poured his many years of maritime experience into the characters, and made full use of his rich The literary processing of imagination made "Robinson" a heroic figure in the minds of the petty and middle-class bourgeoisie at that time.