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Positive Behaviour Of Robinson Crusoe

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Daniel Defoe's novel, published in 1719, is the spiritual autobiography of one man: Robinson Crusoe. The novel tells the story of an English mariner of York, with wanderlust spirit, who decides not to follow his parents’ plans for him of living a middle-class life preferring to travel around the world. His father did not give him the consent to go away arguing that his choice meant as going against the authority of God himself; therefore, God will not have mercy on Robinson. In fact, his first trips seem to fulfill the prophecy of his father because his ship was wrecked in a storm and later was attacked by pirates. Ashamed to go home, Crusoe bordered another ship and returned to another trip towards Africa challenging his fate. Consequently …show more content…

In fact, his first thoughts about him were absolutely positive. Although he could not understand the first words that Friday uses with him, they sounds pleasant to hear for Crusoe. The positive behaviour of Crusoe could also be explained by the fact that Friday is the first human he finds after years of solitude: “For they were the first sound of a Man’s Voice, that I had heard, my own excepted, for above Twenty Five Years.” After defining Friday as his server, Crusoe describes him as his human companion. In addition, the author focuses his attention on describing Friday’s body to focus on his European appearance. He wants to emphasis Friday’s whiteness underlining the fact that he was not Black. “ He was a comely handsome Fellow, perfectly well made; with straight strong Limbs, not too large; tall and well shap'd, and as I reckon, about twenty six Years of Age. He had a very good Countenance, not a fierce and surly Aspect; but seem'd to have something very manly in his Face, and yet he had all the Sweetness and Softness of a European in his Countenance too, especially when he smil'd. His Hair was long and black, not curl'd like Wool; his Forehaed very high, and large, and a great Vivacity and sparkling Sharpness in his Eyes. The Coulour of his Skin was not quite black, but very tawny; and yet not of an ugly yellow nauseous tawny, as the Brasilians, and Virginias, and other …show more content…

Robinson behaved as a father for Friday teaching him to speak English and converting him to Christianity. In fact, he changed Friday from cannibalism to a Christian who believes in God. There is a strong spiritual relationship that relates the two men. They engaged in various theological debates finding out that there are some similarities between the two beliefs. Friday’s religion involves the worship of a mountain god named Bemamuckee represented by priests called Oowokakee. Friday has many doubts towards Christianity especially regarding the devil. “If God much strong, much might as the Devil, why God not kill the Devil, so make him no more do wicked?” Crouse shows trouble in answering to this question admitting that with his religious knowledge, he was not able to answer to that question. However all his insecurities about Christianity, Robison succeeds on converting Friday to Christianity. The episode of Crusoe teaching Friday about Christianity resembles the one in Paradise Lost where the angel Raphel teaches Adam about the divine nature of the world. In the last part of the novel, Robinson tells of when he and Friday rescued two prisoners from a group of cannibals discovering that one of the prisoners was Friday’s father. This event seems to be a coincidence because for many years Crusoe treated Friday as his son; therefore, this episode makes him think that Friday was not his

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