Are we all modern Robinsons? Book PDF, ePub eBook

Join our eBook service for unlimited books & audiobooks. Get a free 7 day subscription! ↓↓↓↓↓


Book Descriptions:
Seminar paper from the year 2004 in the subject American Studies - Literature, grade: 1, Otto-von-Guericke-University Magdeburg (Institut für fremdsprachliche Philologien), course: Alternative and Parallel Englands: Swift’s Gulliver and Defoe’s Robinson in Historical Context , 11 entries in the bibliography, language: English, abstract: The “foot” is a leading theme in Daniel Defoe’s Robinson Crusoe . The father of a friendly seaman told Robinson that he would “not set [his] foot in the same ship with [him] again for a thousand pounds” . There were “no footsteps of any human creature in that part of the country” where Robinson first landed with his boy Xury. In addition the shoes of his fellow seaman that drowned after the shipwreck have no feet in them. So there was no life and there were no fellows. But when Robinson Crusoe discovered a fresh footprint in the wet sand, he knew that there was another living creature on the island al-though he had not seen anybody. Probably he had to face contact with someone. Probably this footprint could change his life.
Such footprints cross today’s peoples’ lives, too. Men of our times often see “signs” of other creatures without knowing who they are or if they are still here. These signs need not to be real foot-prints; they also can be figurative ones: crop circles, reports of UFO observations or vestiges of water on Mars. We are afraid of these “footprints”, we are afraid of “the other”. Those footprints are able to change our lives. No one knows if there are other living creatures in the universe. We only can assume that -- if there is for example water -- living is possible. We picture the others to be green men; but we only can assume.
The footprint in the sand is for Robinson absolute proof of the existence of another human being. Religious people have the imagina-tion of a special “Other”, they see “footprints” of God, covering the whole world, and declare them as proof of the existence of a Master.
But whose footprint was pressed in the sand on Robinson’s is-land? Which consequences had Robinson to face? Is there a relation between the discovery of the footprint and the discovery of extra-terrestrial beings? In this term paper I try to answer these ques-tions. The sources of literature adequate for my topic are rare. Therefore I have three main sources: For the first part: the essays by Peter Hulme and Wolfgang Mackiewicz; and for the second part: Wir alle sind Kinder der Götter, Wenn Gräber reden könnten by Erich von Däniken.

Are we all modern Robinsons? by Juliane Schicker

From reader reviews:

Toni Styer:

Book is to be different for each and every grade. Book for children until finally adult are different content. As we know that book is very important for people. The book Are we all modern Robinsons? seemed to be making you to know about other know-how and of course you can take more information. It is extremely advantages for you. The guide Are we all modern Robinsons? is not only giving you a lot more new information but also to get your friend when you truly feel bored. You can spend your spend time to read your e-book. Try to make relationship with the book Are we all modern Robinsons?. You never truly feel lose out for everything when you read some books.

Ross Adams:

Hey guys, do you would like to finds a new book to read? May be the book with the title Are we all modern Robinsons? suitable to you? The book was written by popular writer in this era. Often the book untitled Are we all modern Robinsons?is one of several books that will everyone read now. This kind of book was inspired a number of people in the world. When you read this guide you will enter the new shape that you ever know just before. The author explained their strategy in the simple way, so all of people can easily to recognise the core of this guide. This book will give you a wide range of information about this world now. To help you to see the represented of the world on this book.

Richard Bennett:

Reading a book tends to be new life style within this era globalization. With looking at you can get a lot of information that may give you benefit in your life. Together with book everyone in this world could share their idea. Textbooks can also inspire a lot of people. Plenty of author can inspire their very own reader with their story or their experience. Not only the storyline that share in the books. But also they write about advantage about something that you need example. How to get the good score toefl, or how to teach your sons or daughters, there are many kinds of book that exist now. The authors in this world always try to improve their ability in writing, they also doing some research before they write on their book. One of them is this Are we all modern Robinsons?.

Albert Lightner:

In this period of time globalization it is important to someone to receive information. The information will make someone to understand the condition of the world. The healthiness of the world makes the information better to share. You can find a lot of references to get information example: internet, paper, book, and soon. You will see that now, a lot of publisher in which print many kinds of book. The actual book that recommended to you personally is Are we all modern Robinsons? this guide consist a lot of the information from the condition of this world now. This specific book was represented how does the world has grown up. The dialect styles that writer require to explain it is easy to understand. The writer made some exploration when he makes this book. That is why this book acceptable all of you.