Author: Daniel Defoe
Full Title: The life and strange
Defoe's first poem: The True Born English man
His Best Novel: Robinson Crusoe
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Type of work: Novel
Genre:Adventure story ; novel of isolation
Language : ENGLISH
Time and place written: 1719, London , England
Publisher:William Taylor
Narrator:Robinson Crusoe is both the narrator and main character of the tale
Protagonist:Robinson Crusoe
Theme :The Ambivalence of self awareness
# PLOT SUMMARY
1. Before the Island
Before landing on the Island ,Crouse's father wants him to be a good ,middle class guy. Crouse,who wants nothing more than to travel around in a ship,is definitely not into this idea .He struggle against the authority of both his Father and God decide adventure on the sea instead.
After sailing around for a while ,he makes a bit of money in trade ,but then is captured and made into a slave off the coast of Africa. Here he befriends a young man named Xury, with whom he escapes from captivity.
Picked up by a Portuguese sailing captain,Crouse makes it to Brazil where he buys a sugar plantation. He does fairly well financially,but soon becomes involved in a venture to procure slaves from Africa. On the voyage there he gets shipwrecked and is left as the only survivor on a deserted Island.
2.Life on the Island
This portion of the novel is dedicated to Crusoe's time alone on the Island.He builds three main structure; his initial shelter, his country home on the opposite side of the Island,and his guns and ammo fort in the woods. He spends his time planting corn, barely, and rice . He learns to make bread. He builds furniture, waves baskets and makes pots. Crouse also raises goats and tends to his little family of cats, dogs and a parrot. Most importantly, though, Crouse becomes stronger in his religious faith, eventually submitting to the authority of God. He devote himself to much religious reflection and prayer.
3.Escape from the Island
In the final section of the book, Crouse sees a footprint on the shore one day and learns that he's actually not alone on the Island. There are also cannibals. Crouse struggle with the question of whether or not he should take revenge on them. Eventually he meets with Friday, a native man whom he is able to rescue from the cannibals. Crouse teaches Friday English and covert Christianity. The two become like father son. Friday and Crouse also rescue Spaniard and Friday's father from a different group of cannibals.
Eventually, an English longboat full of sailors lands on Island. Crusoe learns that the men have mutinied against their captain. After Crouse helps restore order to the ship, the men and captain pledge allegiance to Crouse and agree to take him home. Crouse then returns to Europe with Friday, where he comes into a great deal of money from his sugar plantations. The novel ends with promise of more adventures for him in the squel.
# Colonialism
"Colonialism is relation between an indegious majority and minority of foreign invaders. The fundamental decisions people are made the implemental by colonial ruler in pursuit of interests that are often defined in a distant metropolis. Rejecting cultural compromises with colonised population. The colonisers are convinced of their own superiority and their ordained mandate to rule."
In Defoe's Robinson Crusoe , Colonialism is clearly apparent, to put the proper context, it should be noted that the story was published in 1719, and England was enjoying the prosperity of the American Colonies. England had adapted the stance that "God is on the side of the English" during Queen Elizabeth I's reign, this attitude had not diminished. Surely it only increased which also included "island in the west indies."
Today we are colonised by western culture like we are live in India. Our national language was hindi. But we are not like studying hindi. In that time we are studying in English because English language becomes global language. Now days we are celebrate in birthday , Marriage anniversary , ring ceremony etc. In this celebrating inherited in western culture. Our mind is so much affected by english language and western culture.
Therefore we can say that Colonialism still working in our life.
# Difference between movie and Novel :
1. The movie describing only one voyage but originally in novel there are two or three voyages.
2. In originally novel Friday total submitted himself to Crouse but in movie he does not.
3. In the novel Robinson takes Friday as a servant while In the movie Robinson takes Friday as a slave.
4. In the book Friday afraid of gun while In movie Friday does not much care about that gun.
# Anti-Colonialism Elements:
The most important change in the film that shows Anti-Colonial nature. Crouse wants to become Friday's Friend. In the film we can see that the relationship between Crouse and Friday. Friday's rebelling nature also shows Anti-Colonialism. Friday never follow Crouse's culture, he did not wear clothes , he did not worship Crouse's God. All over Friday never easily convinced.
These points shows that there is Anti-Colonialism Elements in Robinson Crusoe.
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