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Defoe’sLife•bornin1661,diedin1731•sonofaLondonbutchernamedFoe•at40,addedthearistocraticprefixDe-•ajack-of-all-tradesaswellasawriter•aradicalNonconformistinreligion•ajournalistandapamphleteer•knewprisonlife3BackgroundTheexperiencesofAlexanderSelkirk,acaptainlivedaloneinanislandfor5yearsThemiddleof17thcenturyThebeginningofrealisticfictionasaliterarygenre41.Robinson’syouthandthetimeuptohisshipwreck2.histwenty-eightyearsonanuninhabitedisland3.hisadventuresafterbeingrescuedfromtheisland5Robinson’scompanionsAdogTwocatsAparrotFridayRobisonlearnsthatacertainpartoftheislandisoccasionallyvisitedbycannibalswhocomeheretocelebratetheirvictoriesovertheirenemiesandtodevourtheircaptives.Hewitnessesonesuchcelebrationandmanagestosaveoneofthevictims.RobinsonnameshimFridaytocommemoratethedayofhisrescue.WhatkindoftraitsdoesRobinsonpossessinyourmind?ambitiousenterprisingadventurousfortitudinousDeepermeaning:everyonecanbeabandonedonthedesertislandlikeRobinson,thetruthisevenwearenowlivingaroundinahustleandbustleoflargecrowds,westillhavealotofmomenttobealone,towalkourownpathoflifeallalone.Butluckily,whatRobinsonshowsusis:Solitudeisnotahorriblething;thereallysadthingiswecannotstandonourownfeetinthemiseryofthatendlessloneliness.Thankyouverymuch