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Robinson Crusoe - Coggle Diagram
Robinson Crusoe
Characters
Robinson Crusoe
middle class hero
has pragmatic and individualistic outlook
rational and objective
is shipwrecked on a desert island
Friday
is a native
is the symbol of the colonised
cannibals
are the "antagonists"
Themes
Colonialism
Robinson and Friday = master and Slave
issue of the relationship between individual and society
relationship between human and god
Robinson has a bible on the island
he teaches its principles to Friday
at Cinema
Cast Away
Differences
main character is called Chuck Noland
he comes to the island after a plane crash
he has a friend called Wilson which is a ball
it's placed in the present day
Similarities
the island is desert
Robinson Crusoe
Differences
Robinson is Scottish
he tragically kills his friend in a duel
Similarities
Robinson keeps a journal
he is shipwrecked near African coast
Style
simple, concrete and matter-fact language
approaching through clear and precise details
Simbolism
Robinson
middle class white man
colonizer
Friday
colonised
in Literauture
Robinson (1958)
January isn't the only survivor
she find Robinson on the island
Foe (1986)
Susan Barton cast on the island after a mutiny on her ship
Crusoe dies on the way to England
the novel is about what happens after they are rescued
Setting
desert island
is a place that presents a lot of difficulties for Robinson
he finds the way to create a sort of empire similar to the English one