If you were caught in a storm on the sea, and you were blown to an island without other people by the storm. Do you think that you will die? Will you give up? The answers probably are “yes”. But I want to say: “Don’t give up!”

These days, I read a book The Life and Strange Surprising Adventures of Robinson Cruse. In the book, Robinson Cruse was caught in a storm on the sea. The ocean water took him to an island. There was nobody except Robinson himself on the island and there were brutes on it. But he didn’t give up. He built a house with wood and leaves himself. He caught animals, grew crops and saved a man. Robinson called the man “Friday” because he saved him on Friday. Many years later, a ship sailed near the island. People on the ship found Robinson. And Robinson was saved by them.

I think Robinson was very brave, clever and insistent. His adventures told everyone: “Do not give up anytime!” In our daily life, when we meet a difficult maths problem, will we copy our classmates’ answers or work them out on our own? When we set down a plan, will we give up halfway or keep unremitting? If you choose the first choice, you are not insistent enough. That is very serious. A person may not be clever and brave, but he or she must be firm. Because dangers are around us and we can be in danger every time and everywhere. When we are in danger, fortitude is very important. It can help us deal with the trouble and be in save. For example, in the 5.12 Wenchuan Earthquakes, the insistent people kept alive because they didn’t give up any chance to be alive. Now, do you know the importance of fortitude?

How can we be insistent? We haven’t the adventures like Robinson. But we can start out small to become insistent. When we meet trouble, we should try to deal with it first. When we have a plan, we should persist in the plan. In a word, we can do many things to become insistent.

Robinson’s story suggested that when we are in danger, we shouldn’t give up. It also implied that everyone should start out small to become insistent in his daily life on the safe side. Do you agree with me?