Notes on Robinson Crusoe, Chapters 7 through 11.
Robinson
sat down and cried like a baby, after all he was a human being,
not
a robot. But he soon held his tears and started thinking about the wild
animals
that could be near him. If Robinson had kept crying and complaining
about
his situation, he could have died that first night, but, instead of
lamenting,
he was smart enough to climb a tree and spend a sound night.
In the next morning the main subject
of the book finally appears:
Labour and Salvation.
Robinson soon finds out that only hard
work will keep him alive on this
Island.
The relation Labour / Salvation, portrayed by Protestantism, is key to
Robinson’s
survival on the island. On his second
day, Robinson has to work a
lot
in order to build a raft and bring food and some other things from the ship to
the
shore. He manages to bring everything ashore and, all his sweat will
definitely
pay off sooner or later.
We already knew that Robinson is a brave
man. Now we have found
out
that he is a very clever and patient man as well. Will these skills be enough
to
keep him alive?
He has guns, powder, food, clothes,
tools, courage and brains, what else
does
he need to survive in such a wild environment?
Perhaps
some luck?
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