Summary of each chapter of Robinson Crusoe

Plot summary of each chapter of "Robinson Crusoe"

1. The first voyage.

Robinson was born into an upper-class family in York in 1632. His eldest brother was killed on the battlefield, and his second brother’s whereabouts are unknown, but he had a clever and prudent father. Try to make Robinson understand that he should spend his life peacefully, live a "stable and wealthy" middle-class life, and appreciate the sweetness of life. Otherwise, his impulsiveness will cause God to bring disaster to him.

Robinson was moved by his father's words, but his eager heart has been restless. Since childhood, his mind has been filled with the desire to travel around the world. In 1651, he left his family privately and arrived in London after some sea adventures.

2. The second voyage.

He bought some cheap goods from London, such as fake beads, toys, knives, scissors, glassware, etc., and went to Africa to do business. He exchanged gold sand, ivory and other valuable materials with the local natives, and made dozens of times the profit.

3. The third voyage.

His misfortune occurred the third time he went to sea. While going to Guinea in Africa to do business, he was captured by a Turkish pirate ship and sold into slavery. Later, he escaped in his master's boat and was rescued by a Portuguese cargo ship on the way. After the ship arrived in Brazil, he bought a manor there and became its owner.

Life was going smoothly, but he was not willing to live such a dull life. In order to get rich, he went to sea again and sold slaves in Africa.

4. The fourth voyage failed and Robinson drifted to a desert island.

Robinson's ship encountered a storm and ran aground on the rocks on the way. All the sailors and passengers on the ship were killed. Only Robinson survived and drifted to an uninhabited island alone.

5. Robinson carried things from the boat to the island.

He made a raft from the mast of the sunken ship, transported the food, clothes, tools, etc. on the ship to the shore again and again, and set up a tent on the edge of the hill to settle down. Then he used sharpened wooden stakes to build a fence around the tent and dug a hole behind the tent to live. He used simple tools to make tables, chairs and other furniture, hunted game for food, drank water from streams, and overcame the initial difficulties he encountered.

6. Solve the food problem.

Robinson explores and creates his own home on the island. When he first sowed the seeds of barley and rice, half of this precious stock was wasted because the seeds were sown at the wrong time. After learning the experience for the second time, he successfully grew food. He made his own wooden mortar, pestle, and sieve, processed flour, and baked rough bread. He captured, tamed, and bred wild goats.

7. Dig cellars and make pottery to ensure daily needs.

Robinson worked hard for several months and dug several cellars to store fresh water. It took forty-two days to chop down a large tree into the first long plank. He worked diligently for several weeks to make a stone mortar for pounding wheat, but in the end he had to hollow out a large piece of wood. Robinson also tried to make pottery. After finding clay, he made countless experiments.

Robinson's only companion was the dog. He was afraid that he would forget the human language, so he insisted on talking to the dog every day. Keep a diary every day. Relying on the ancient method of keeping time, Robinson insisted on writing a diary every day. I hope that one day I can return to the homeland of mankind.

8. The first shipbuilding failed.

Despite this, Robinson never gave up looking for a way to leave the island. He cut down a big tree and spent five or six months making a canoe. However, the boat was too heavy to be dragged into the sea, so he had to waste all his efforts and build a smaller one.

9. I saw strange footprints on the beach.

One day, Robinson accidentally discovered a person's bare footprints on the beach. He seemed to have received a bolt from the blue. He listened attentively and looked around, but he heard nothing and saw nothing. He ran to the coast and went into the sea to check, but the general only had one footprint! He was so frightened that he fled back to his house like a man being stalked. For three days and three nights, he did not dare to go out.

10. Discover the man-eating savage and save "Friday".

After Robinson lived alone on a desert island for more than ten years, one morning, Robinson saw through the telescope thirty savages dancing around a campfire.

They had already cooked one prisoner and were preparing to roast two more on the fire.

At this time, Robinson ran down the mountain towards them with two loaded muskets and the big knife, killed two savages, and rescued a prisoner who ran out in time. . Robinson named the man he rescued "Friday" to commemorate the day the savage was rescued.

11. Robinson and "Friday" built a canoe.

Under Robinson's guidance, "Friday" quickly learned to dress, shoot, speak English, believe in Christ... and became Robinson's most loyal servant and friend. In order to reach the mainland opposite the isolated island, Robinson wanted to build a canoe with "Friday". Since he was eager to think about the boat, he started working without much thought. As a result, the wooden boat that took several months to be hewn from a big cypress tree was abandoned because it was too big.

A few years later, Robinson learned his lesson and built a smaller canoe along the river, installed a mast and sails, and cut many useful things inside the canoe. A slot to put things in. But because the canoe was too small, Robinson could not take it to the opposite continent and could only use it nearby.

12. Fight with the savages.

Just as Robinson and "Friday" were preparing the wooden boat and were almost ready to set sail, another twenty-one savages rode three canoes and brought three prisoners to this place. A banquet is coming to the island. One of the prisoners was a white man, which made Robinson furious.

He loaded two shotguns, four muskets, and two pistols with double ammunition, gave "Friday" a small axe, and gave him a lot of sugarcane wine, which he took with him. He grabbed his machete and rushed down the mountain, killing all the savages. Only four of them escaped. One of the prisoners was "Friday"'s father.

13, found a British ship.

Robinson gave the white man and "Friday"'s father guns and food, and asked them to take the newly built ship to bring the sailors who were killed on the Spanish ship to the island. Soon a British ship anchored near the island. The sailors on the ship rebelled and abandoned the captain and three other people on the island. Robinson and "Friday" helped the captain subdue the group of rebellious sailors and recapture the ship.

When they left, they took away two honest sailors who also wanted to go back to England, while leaving some of the sailors who caused the most trouble on the island. Later, the Spaniards came back and settled on the island. At first they quarreled and discorded, but after settling down, they eventually established a prosperous colony.

In 14, Robinson was saved and returned to the "human world".

When Robinson left the island, he had stayed on the island for twenty-eight years, two months, and twenty-nine days. Robinson always thought that he would be overjoyed as soon as he arrived in England, but he did not expect that he would become a stranger there. Both of his parents are dead.

He married in England and had three children. After the death of his wife, Robinson once again went to sea for business and passed by the desert island where he lived. At this time, the sailors and Spanish who stayed on the island had settled down and multiplied. Robinson sent some new immigrants, gave them the land on the island, and left them with various daily necessities, and left the island with satisfaction