Robinson was born in a respectable merchant family, eager to sail and bent on seeing something overseas. He went to London without telling his father. On his first voyage, he was caught in a big storm and the ship sank. He managed to save his life. The second time I went out to sea to do business in Africa, I made a fortune. The third time, he was unfortunately captured by the Moors and became a slave. Later, he escaped by rowing his master's boat and was rescued by a Portuguese cargo ship on the way.
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Robinson has the entrepreneurial spirit of facing reality, not being afraid of difficulties, not being discouraged and persistent, which is exactly what the new bourgeoisie needs. Robinson's colonialist thought reflects the limitations of the author's era. The author positively portrayed Robinson as the first bourgeoisie in the history of literature, which had a great influence on the realistic novel creation in the19th century.
Compared with Robinson Crusoe, the image of Robinson Crusoe is more calm and tolerant. After the novel was published, it was still welcomed by the public, and many later versions would publish the two books together. Charles Gilton, a literary critic, criticized Defoe for manipulating characters at will, and his characters lacked their own personality.