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an essay on robinson crusoe and foe compairing man friday

k that within the texts speech and communication represents the action of civilization and socialization. Through the teaching of speech, in Defoes novel, Friday is also taught the importance of religion and is made to think of his old way of living as inferior to the Christian way. To such an extent that when asked if he would return to his cannibalism, if he were to return to his home land, he replies that he would not and would in fact try to teach his countrymen the Christian way (page 226.) The effects of civilization is apparent in Fridays behavior when compared to the actions of the Friday within Coetzees novel; Susan Barton observes Friday performing a ritual of scattering white petals on the sea, an action not mentioned within Robinson Crusoe. Also in the time that Friday lives in Britain he is observed to be acting in a way that is in keeping with his past; for example the tune he plays on the flute that he continues to play when he reaches England. This highlights the effect that speech and communication can have on an individuals beliefs and way of life; as Defoes Friday is delivered from this type of behavior by his socialization by Crusoe.Why do these differences in the same character exist? I believe that the differences are a reflection on the time that they were written and, of course, of the beliefs of the authors writing. To understand the differences we must first look at the authors and their history. Daniel Defoe was a writer in the late sixteenth and the early seventeenth century he was a writer of papers that were both clever and controversial, these included a satirical attack on high church extremists. He wrote pamphlets and other pieces and was arrested several times for political and slanderous writing before publishing his novels. With this in mind it is hard to believe that Robinson Crusoe could have been written with no undertones of satire or critical observation. In terms of Friday and his role on the is...

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