Summary of the third chapter of Robinson Crusoe

Summary of Chapters 1 to 3 of "Robinson Crusoe"

Chapter 1:

My father originally expected me to study law, but But all I wanted to do was sail. One day, when I went to Hull, one of my companions was about to go to London on his father's ship. Nothing tempted me more than this. I had to go with him - —This was August 1651, when I was nineteen years old.

As soon as the ship sailed out of the harbor, it encountered terrible wind and waves, which made me feel indescribably sad and terrified in my heart. I In a painful mood, I swore that if God spared my life during this voyage, I would return to my loving parents after landing on land, and I would definitely follow their advice from now on. But the second time The wind stopped and the waves stopped. The sun set in the west, and what followed was a beautiful and lovely dusk. At this time, after drinking a bowl of sweet wine made by my companion, I decided to return after this voyage. The determination of my family has been lost to the sky. This habit of mine has brought great misfortune to my life - my willful actions often bring disaster to me, but I always refuse to take the opportunity to repent when the disaster comes. When the time comes, As soon as the danger was over, I forgot all my vows and plunged into my meaningless life without any hesitation. After the first stormy voyage, I had several different adventures. On my trip to Africa While doing business in Guinea, I was captured by a Turkish pirate ship and sold into slavery. After many dangers, I escaped to Brazil.

Chapter 2:

After many dangers, I escaped to Brazil. I escaped to Brazil, where I ran a sugar cane plantation by myself, and my life was very smooth. But at this time, I became a victim of temptation again. Due to the shortage of labor in Brazil, several plantation owners knew that I had worked for business. I have been to some slave market ports in Africa, and they tried their best to coax me to make a voyage to buy some black slaves for their plantations in that area. People who follow bad ideas will be unlucky. Our ship is on the northern coast of South America. The unknown island hit a reef, and all the sailors and passengers drowned. God bless me, I was the only one who was swept ashore by the high waves and saved my life. At that time, all I had was a knife and a pipe. and a little tobacco in a box. When I had recovered enough strength to walk, I walked along the coast. To my great joy I found fresh water. After drinking it, I took I put a handful of tobacco in my mouth to satisfy my hunger. I perched on a tree and had a comfortable sleep to refresh myself. The sea was calm. But what made me most happy was that I saw the ship. When the tide went down, I saw that it was very close to the coast. I found that it was easy to swim to the boat. There was only a dog and two cats left on the boat, and there were no other creatures. However, there were a lot of daily necessities on the boat. In this way, I got to work. In order to transport those things to an inlet on the island, I specially made a raft, and also used a relatively flat highland with fresh water on the island as my residence. Bread, Rice, barley and wheat, cheese and mutton jerky, sugar, flour, boards, logs, rope--all this, plus a few muskets, two pistols, several shotguns, a hammer, and-- That was the most useless thing - thirty-six pounds. I carried all these things day after day - between the two low tides - from the ship to the shore. On the night of the thirtieth day, my portage work was over. After I finished it, when I lay down, although I was as scared as usual, I was also filled with gratitude, because I knew that I was ready to deal with this desert island in the future and I felt at ease.

There are many wild fruit trees on the island, but it took me a long time to discover this. There are also goats running around on the island, but if I hadn’t fetched them from the boat Without guns and ammunition, what good would they do me? Therefore, I have reason to thank the merciful God for allowing the ship to lie on the shore until I have brought in everything that can be useful to me. To ensure that I can survive in this There are still many things to do to survive on the island. I tried my best to do a few things that I had to do. But my efforts did not always bring good luck. I sowed barley and rice for the first time. When I was planting seeds, half of these precious stocks were wasted because the seeds were sown at the wrong time. I worked hard for several months and dug several cellars to store fresh water. It took forty-two days to finally Hewed a large tree into my first long plank. I worked vigorously for several weeks to make a stone mortar for pounding wheat, but in the end I had to hollow out a large piece of wood.

Brief introduction to "Robinson Crusoe"

Robinson Crusoe was born into a decent businessman family. He longed for sailing and wanted to experience overseas. He went to sea without telling his parents and arrived in London, where he bought some fake beads and toys and started doing business in Africa.

During the fourth voyage, the ship encountered a storm and ran aground on the rocks. All the companions on the ship were killed. Only Robinson survived and drifted to an uninhabited island alone. He made a raft from the mast of the sunken ship, transported the food, clothes, guns and ammunition from 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 fresh water from the stream, and overcame the initial difficulties he encountered.

He began to grow barley and rice on the island, made his own wooden mortars, pestles, and sieves, processed flour, and baked rough bread. He captured, tamed, and bred wild goats. He also made pottery and so on to meet his daily needs. A "country house" and a breeding farm were also built on the other end of the desert island. 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 new smaller boat. After Robinson lived alone on the island for 15 years, one day he found a footprint on the coast of the island. Soon, he discovered human bones and traces of fire. It turned out that a group of savages from the outer island had held a human flesh feast here. Robinson was shocked. Since then he has been alert and more aware of his surroundings. Until the 24th year, another group of savages came to the island, bringing with them savage captives who were used as sacrifices and prepared to be killed and eaten. After Robinson discovered it, he rescued one of them. Because that day was Friday, Robinson named the rescued prisoner "Friday." Since then, "Friday" has become Robinson's loyal servant and friend. Then, Robinson took "Friday" to rescue a Spanish and "Friday"'s father. 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. He left the group of sailors on the island, and took "Friday" and the captain to leave the desert island and return to England. At this time Robinson has been away from home for 35 years (living on the island for 28 years). 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.