Robinson Crusoe

main Characters

Robinson Crusoe

Friday

The Portuguese captain

Symbols

The Sea

The Bible

The Flu

The Footprint

Cannibals

Plot

General Information

Writing Style

Genre

Adventure

view of Robinson Crusoe

catalogue

Setting

The Transatlantic

Part II : Life on the Island

Part III : Escape from the Island

Part I : Life before the Island

Author - Daniel Defoe

trader, writer, journalist, pamphleteer, and spy

Themes

Wealth

Society & Class

Religion

Man & the natural World

Slavery

Rules & Order

Foreignness and 'the Other'

Decision to go to the sea

Captivity

Xury

Portuguese captain - Brazil

sugar plantation

procure Slaves from Africa

Shipwreck

building/ constructing furniture

plantation of corn, barley and rice

religious faith strengthens

construction of the three main buildings

one of founders of the English novel

married Mary Tuffley in 1684

London

  1. September 1660 - 24. April 1731

country home

guns and ammo fort

initial shelter

teaches Friday English

converts Friday to Christianity

meets Friday, who escaped from the cannibals

rescue of a Spaniard and Friday's father

cannibals

English longboat with mutinous crew

footprint

restore the order on the ship

return home

great deal from his sugar plantations

marriage

Man of Reason

Man of Faith

Man and Nature

Man of Business

Man of many Cultures

Man as King

published in 25. April