Personality characteristics of the main characters in Robinson Crusoe and Gulliver's Travels

Robinson Crusoe: a lonely and tenacious adventurer

Author: daniel defoe, British nationality

Main character: Robinson

Personality: Robinson is a passionate person, a great person and a determined person. I have lived alone on this desert island for 27 years. Facing the difficulties of life, Robinson's actions show tough character and heroic quality, which embodies the creative spirit and pioneering spirit of the emerging bourgeoisie. He dares to fight against the bad environment. Robinson is a capitalist and a colonialist, so he has the nature of exploitation and plunder.

"Friday" was originally a savage, hardworking and sincere person. After being rescued from the aborigines by Robinson and receiving education, he became his loyal servant and friend, and became a slave of "civilized people".

Main content: It tells the story of a shipwrecked businessman who drifted to a desert island alone. He overcame all kinds of unexpected difficulties, lived on the island for 28 years with tenacious will and scientific knowledge, and finally returned to his hometown after being rescued.

Nine, "Jane Eyre": the duet of life pursuit

Author: Charlotte Brontexq Nationality: Britain (19th century)

Classic sentence: I am talking to you now, not through customs, conventions, or even through mortal bodies-second, my spirit is talking to your spirit; Like two tombs that both pass by, we stand in front of God's script and are equal.

Gulliver's Travels: Strange Imagination, Bitter Irony

Author: British Swift Nationality: Britain

The protagonist: Gulliver

The main content: It tells the story of Gulliver, a British ship doctor, who was stranded in Lilliput, an adult flying to the island and Malaysia due to shipwreck.

Irony: The suspicion of modern science and technology and the denunciation of colonial rule show the author's feelings of worrying about the country and the people.

1. Description: It not only describes the local customs of foreign countries, but also integrates its own feelings and understanding of current politics and human nature into the narrative discussion. Behind the hatred and pessimism is a bitter feeling of worrying about the world.

① Travel Notes of Lilliput

Gulliver's Antelope was caught in a storm in the Pacific Ocean and was blown to Lilliput Island by the wind and waves. There are few people on the island and the customs are strange. The king chooses officials by skipping rope. Whoever jumps high can become a big official. Flinner ip jumped the highest and became the chancellor of the exchequer. There are two political parties in this country, one wears high heels and the other wears low heels. The two political parties hate each other deeply. Lilliputian countries often have wars with their neighbors, Blefuscu. The cause of the war was that the king of Lilliput changed his habit of eating eggs. He asked people to break the small end of the egg first, not the big end of the egg first.

② English travel notes

Gulliver came to North America with his "adventure". When he was looking for fresh water on Brobdingnag Island, he was caught by a giant and exhibited as a little monster. Gulliver and the king discussed many political issues: Gulliver told the great events that happened in Britain in the past 100 years, which the king thought were a lot of plots, rebellions, assassinations and exile; Gulliver suggested helping him make guns and gunpowder to consolidate national defense. The king was disgusted and thought that the person who invented the killing weapon was a "public enemy of mankind". He said, "Whoever can make the land that used to produce only one string of ears of grain and one piece of grass grow two strings of ears of grain and two pieces of grass will contribute more to mankind and the country than all politicians." He also pointed out that Gulliver's "most of his compatriots belong to the most harmful category of hateful little poisonous insects crawling on the ground in nature."

③ Travel notes on flying to island countries

Gulliver boarded the Cape of Good Hope, was attacked by pirates in Malaya, and arrived at the flying island country. The rulers of the flying island countries live a sunny and rainy life with plenty of food and clothing, while the lower class people live a miserable life without food and clothing. People who fly to the island attach great importance to scientific research. They designed to extract sunlight from cucumbers, use experiments to reduce feces into food, use pigs to cultivate the land, use spiders to weave webs, and use bellows to pump air to treat diseases. They are a group of "universal scholars" in daydreaming who don't respect the laws of science. Gulliver later went to Witch Island, where officers were proficient in magic and attracted the dead. Gulliver met many historical celebrities and learned about the beautiful virtues of freedom, courage and justice of ancient people.

④ Travel Notes of Huizhi Country

Gulliver was the captain of the Adventurer and sailed to North America. Sailors hijacked the ship and Gulliver was abandoned in Huicong country. In this country, Huizhi (horse) is the ruler, the wild tiger (animal like human) is the beast, and "kindness and friendliness" are the two great virtues of this country. Their motto is to promote rationality, govern the country with rationality and educate the next generation. They are temperate, industrious, athletic, clean and cooperative. Gulliver talked to King Hui about the century-old European monarchical war. The cause of the war was that the monarch thought that the land he ruled was not big enough and the population was not large enough. The minister's corruption diverted people's dissatisfaction with domestic administrative affairs.

2. Theme of the work

The works have profound implications, and exposing the ugly political reality and bad human nature in Britain are the two major themes of the works. (1) satirized and denied the British society in the18th century, criticized the autocratic corruption of British monarchs, exposed partisan disputes, satirized incompetent and speculative politicians, opposed colonial plunder, denied unjust wars, and expressed praise for benevolent and wise monarchs and appeals for political clarity. (2) Criticize the weaknesses of human nature: greed, hypocrisy, treachery, cruelty, resentment, jealousy, lust, insidiousness and ambition, and express praise for kindness, friendship, reason, sincerity, justice, diligence and cleanliness.

Verb (abbreviation of verb) characteristics

Flinpour (Chancellor of the Exchequer): Suspicious, insidious, vicious and cunning. Related plot: Gulliver's kindness and generosity and his exploits in capturing the ancient fleet of Kublai Khan were appreciated by King Lilliput, and Frimpo was greatly annoyed. He suspected Gulliver of adultery with his wife, so he contacted other ministers to plot slander, and finally forced Gulliver to flee to Blefuscu.

Skye Switzerland (Admiral): Jealous, insidious and cunning. Related plot: The King of Lilliput is ambitious. Gulliver crossed the strait and captured most of the fleet of Blefuscu in the war with neighboring country. Since then, Gulliver has been reused by the king of Lilliput, and Switzerland is greatly dissatisfied, and conspired with the finance minister to murder Gulliver.

King Brobdingnag: He is an enlightened monarch, knowledgeable, rational, kind and capable of governing the country. Related plot: King Brobdingnag is knowledgeable and kind-hearted. He governed the country with reason, justice and kindness. He hates Gulliver's despicable politicians and bloody wars.

King Huisui: rational, wise, hardworking, brave, kind and friendly, just and upright-the ideal human in the author's mind.

Related plot: Huizhi is a rational, just and upright horse.

Wild fox: It is a group of ugly, dirty, greedy, lewd, cruel and aggressive animals, which embodies the weaknesses of human nature, such as fierceness, hypocrisy, resentment, jealousy, insidiousness and greed.