Life and Adventures of Robinson Crusoe
Daniel Defoe
To celebrate England's greatness as colonizer
The freedom of individual's initiative
The spiritual salvation
Robinson Crusoe
Man Friday (friend)
"He was handsome, about twenty-six...
Humble and grateful
Main idea
Defoe celebrates the freedom of initiative. Robinson demonstrates that man can shape his destiny.
The critics have considered the island as a place where the individual proves his qualities, he atones for disobedince to the father and dominates nature.
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Resources
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The true story of Alexander Selkirk
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Quotes
"September 30, 1659. I, poor miserable Robinson Crusoe, being shipwrecked [...] on this dismal unfortunate island."
"I was very well pleased with him [...] his name should be Friday, which was the day I saved his life".
Theme
Robinson is the new middle-class hero, who succeeds in creating a society through which he exalts the 18th-century England.
Main Events
Beginning
Robison leaves England without his father 's approval
He arrives in Brazil and starts a plantation
Middle
Robison leaves for Africa to buy some slaves. On his way back .......
Robinson is shipwrecked on a far island
End
One day Robinson finds Man Friday and after years, they are saved by a ship.
Robinson comes back to England where he discovers that he is a rich man.