If you feel that your life is terrible, look forward to a start again, and as long as things are not good, you will be furious, maybe you have gotten the blame. Maybe you are indeed wrong, but the path of life is coming out of yourself. There is no guarantee that the god of destiny will treat everyone fairly. Therefore, unless you want to make life more difficult, I advise all of us to learn from the great prince Oroonoko. He is the master of Oroonoko published in 1688, from a story about betrayal, true love, and perseverance.
Oroonoko is a tall, proud, and arrogant prince. He fell in love with Imoinda and married, but he experienced all kinds of hardships. The wife was taken away; he fled but was caught and sold as a slave; the husband and wife reunited in Suriname miraculously, and Imoinda even cherished the children of Oroonoko. However, the couple’s pleading to return to their hometown was ignored. They feel that they have been rejected by the whole world and betrayed by the political forces that caused them to become slaves. From then on, the situation went from bad to worse and fell into an endless abyss.
No one is qualified to blame others in front of Oroonoko. Not only did his wife be robbed, but he also suffered unjust enslavement. Later, when he had nothing, he had to face the terrible ultimate torture, that is, his hands and feet were cut off one by one. However, shortly before being tortured, he got to know the soothing power of the pipe, so he relied on smoking to get through torture, his attitude was optimistic, and his thoughts were calm. It is not encouraged smoking but hopes that everyone can follow the detachment attitude of Oroonoko in the face of injustice and live an authentic life without complaints.
The narrator and protagonist of this novel are new characters in the new era appearing in the framework of the old story. The background of the story has also changed from legendary Africa to realistic America. The colonial maritime activity is like a magic wand, turning the African prince Oroonoko into a slave, and Suriname’s complex ethnic relations and political situation are also one of the essential elements of the whole novel, making the whole story different.