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3.17 AVERAGE
3.17 AVERAGE
adventurous
slow-paced
I had a moment thinking I would possibly really enjoy this. And then he arrives on the island, and it all starts to crumble down and collapse in on itself. Defoe clearly writes well, but I'm more interested in reading Said's take in Culture and Imperialism and reading Coetzee's variation, Foe, than I am thinking about this absolutely brutally boring book. Interestingly, the most interesting parts to me are any section in which the foundational principles of British imperialism come out in flying colors and are questioned by those whom Crusoe deems to be savages and nothing more. Friday literally asks Crusoe why God doesn't kill Satan if he is really that much of an issue, and Crusoe is dumbfounded but, instead of saying that he doesn't know, he thinks to himself, "Oh it really is true that one can only preach and teach and convert a savage for so long before one realizes that God has only given his most ardent disciples divine faith, so Friday is fundamentally incapable of understanding." His delusion makes him one of God's white-supremacist chosen. Sad. But very interesting psychological moment. Wish there was more of that. But then it would be more a postcolonial novel than colonial one, and it would thus no longer be Robinson Crusoe. Glad I read it for its literary historical value, not for my personal entertainment.
"Thus we never see the true state of our condition till it is illustrated to us by its contraries; nor know how to value what we enjoy, but by the want of it."
I don't much care for Daniel Defoe's style of writing. For me, Robinson Crusoe, as well as Moll Flanders were boring and more like a "long report" than a story.
I don't much care for Daniel Defoe's style of writing. For me, Robinson Crusoe, as well as Moll Flanders were boring and more like a "long report" than a story.
adventurous
challenging
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I think I just don't care about books about boats.
adventurous
challenging
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
hopeful
inspiring
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
He leído esta vez la versión completa y qué diferencia. A mi hijo le ha fascinado esta historia y yo me he deleitado con la fe de Robinson. El final no fue mi favorito, pero esto no quita lo mucho que Robinson me enseñó desde su isla.
"Y llamo la atención sobre esto para que sirva de ejemplo a aquellos que no disfrutan como deben de los bienes que Dios les ha concedido, por que ambicionan los que no tienen. La aflicción que nos causa lo que no tenemos me parece provenir de la ingratitud que manifestamos por lo que tenemos"
"Y llamo la atención sobre esto para que sirva de ejemplo a aquellos que no disfrutan como deben de los bienes que Dios les ha concedido, por que ambicionan los que no tienen. La aflicción que nos causa lo que no tenemos me parece provenir de la ingratitud que manifestamos por lo que tenemos"