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DANIEL DEFOE (1660-1731) : - Coggle Diagram
DANIEL DEFOE (1660-1731) :
"THE REVIEW" - WHIG PAPER (1704-1713)
POLITICAL ESSAYS AND PANPHLETS
HE WAS ARRESTED
QUEEN ANNE DIDN'T LIKE HIM
PILLORY
HE BECAME FREE
HE BECAME AN AGENT OF THE GOVERNMENT
AT 60y HE STARTED WRITING
CAPTAIN SINGLETON (1720)
THE FORTUNATE MISTRESS "ROXANA" (1724)
MOLL FLANDERS (1722)
ROBINSON CRUSOE (1719)
BASED ON THE REAL EXPERIENCE OF ALEXANDER SERKIRK
PLOT
1st PART
HE HAS AN ARGUMENT WITH HIS FATHER BECAUSE HE WANTS TO GO FOR SEA ADVENTURES
AFTER BEING ESCAPED FROM PIRATES, HE GOES TO BRAZIL AND HE BECOMES A PLANTATIONAL
WHILE HE WAS TRAVELLING TO AFRICA, HE SHIPWRECKED ON A DESERT ISLAND FOR 28 YEARS (23 ALONE, 5 WITH FRIDAY)
HE DOESN'T WANT TO BECOME LIKE HIM
SIN
2nd PART
ON A DIARY, HE TAKES NOTES OF EVERYTHING HE DID
HE RECREATES HIS ENVIRONMENT ON THE ISLAND (EVOLUTION)
HE EMBRACES CHRISTIANITY
HE SAVES A MAN FROM HIS CANNIBAL TRIBE (FRIDAY)
HE SAVES AN ENGLISH CAPTAIN FROM A MUTINY
3rd PART
RETURN TO ENGLAND (RICHER)
ADVENTURE ON PYRENEES
FAMILY
RETURN ON HIS DESERT ISLAND
CHARACTER
HE IS A MIDDLE-CLASS MAN
PROTOTYPE OF THE ENGLISH COLONISER
DOMINATING NATURE
HE LOVES TRAVELLING (RESTLESSNESS)
SUPERIORITY
RETROSPECTIVE AUTOBIOGRAPHY
THEMES
SELF-RELIANCE SELF-MADE MAN
PLANTATION
SURVIVAL
THE ISLAND
CIVILIZATION
EUROPEAN CULTURE
PROGRESS
HE WORKS TO ENRICH
CHRISTIANITY
BIBLE
HE PRAYS
PURITAN MENTALITY
NATURE
CAN GIVE CAN TAKE
GOD'S HAND
HIS FAITH
EVERYONE CAN SHAPE THEIR FUTURE
THE DIARY
HAS A RATIONAL VALUE AND METHOD PROS AND CONS
IS AN ARTIFACT TO ATTEST THE REALITY OF HIS STORY
HE HIGHLIGHTS EVERY MISTAKE
FRIDAY
CALLS HIM "MASTER"
BEING EDUCATED
CHRISTIAN VALUES
CIVILIZATION
DIRECT PHYSICAL PRESENTATION
FREE LABOUR FORCE
CAPITALISM
J.J. ROUSSAU
"BON SAUVAGE" MYTH
LOVE FOR NATURE
POSITIVE INTERACTION BETWEEN NATURE AND MEN
NO NEED FOR THE "ARTIFICIAL STATE"
COLONEL JACK (1722)