The main content of Rousseau's Confessions

"Confessions" records Rousseau's life experience for more than 50 years from his birth to his forced departure from the Island of Saint-Pierre in 1766. He recounted the rough treatment he received as a child, described the abuse he received after entering society and all the darkness and injustice he heard and witnessed, and angrily exposed the society's "law of the jungle", "might makes right" and the abuses of the ruling class. Ugly and rotten.

The book is called "Confession", but it actually "accuses" and "crys out" and pours deep sympathy for the "lowly people" who have been insulted and harmed.

"Confessions" is a unique, original and unparalleled work. The publication of the novel opened up the path of romantic literature and profoundly affected the development of European thought and literature in the 19th century.

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Creative background

This book is Rousseau's introspection and reflection when he was in a miserable situation in his later years. The entire autobiography is basically based on his wandering life. It was written intermittently during my escape life. It mainly tells how society changed Rousseau in his life, and how the society's mistreatment of him presented him with a miserable life.

Rousseau was born in a poor family in Geneva, Switzerland, and worked as an apprentice, servant, personal secretary, and music score scribe. He lived a life of wandering and hardship. In 1749, he was famous for his article "Does the Progress of Science and Art Contribute to the Improvement of Customs?" In 1762, he was pursued by the French authorities for publishing "The Social Contract" and "Emile". He fled to Switzerland, Prussia, and the United Kingdom. He died in Paris in 1778.