For this week, I want to talk about a quotation
of Robinson Crusoe that was given to us to explain in the lesson. This
quotation is interesting for me. I will share it.
“O drug!” said I aloud, “what art thou good for? Thou art not worth to me, no, not the taking off of the ground; one of those knives is worth all this heap; I have no manner of use for thee; e’en remain where thou art and go to the bottom as a creature whose life is not worth saving.” However, upon second thoughts, I took it away. . . .
Actually,
Robinson identifies money as ‘drug’. I could not understand that at first. Then
it had a sense. Robinson finds money while searching for guns. As he is alone
on the island, he doesn’t care them. On the contrary, as far as I can
understand from the novel, he is keen on the money before he goes to the
island. Being alone on the island changes him. He tends to God and religion.
After
he finds money, he realizes that they are worthless for him. The only thing
that are useful for him is tools that can save him from evil because he just
lives on the island for surviving. What’s the point of money on the island? The
interesting part is that he still save them for future. I think, he considers
that somebody will come to rescue him and he can give him the money in return.
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