Write no less than 150 words on each of the following topics in

Write no less than 150 words on each of the following topics in English in the corresponding space on the answer sheet.
Daniel Defoe's novel Robinson Crusoe was a great success partly because the protagonist was a real middle-class hero. Discuss Crusoe .the protagonist of the novel,as an embodiment of the rising middle-class virtues in the mid-eighteenth century England.
【正确答案】：A.Social background ： The Eighteenth Century England witnessed the growing importance of the bourgeois or middle class.
a.The Industrial Revolution；
b.The expansion of international markets；
c.Values/virtues/moral standards/... different from those of the feudal aristocratic class-courageous, full of energy, hard working, practical, resourceful, self-reliant,etc.
d.Literature should give/provide a realistic presentation of the life of the common people；it should meet the demand/interest of the middle class people.
B. Robinson Crusoe embodies the virtues of the middle class people.
a.Crusoe as an adventurous/courageous man full of energy and courage(example from the text)；
b.Crusoe as a practical man(example from the text)；
c.Crusoe as a resourceful/self-reliant man(example from the text)；
d.Crusoe as a patient/persistent man (example from the text) ； e. And others. (P97,98,100 )