Crusoe treatment of Xury and Friday

Name :- Zala Krutikadevi. D

Paper :- 2. The Neo-classical Literature

Sem :- 1

Roll no:- 20

Topic :- Crusoe treatment of Xury and Friday

Submitted to :- Smt. S.B. Gardi

                       Department of English

                       M.K. Bhavnagar University.

• Crusoe treatment of Xury and Friday :-

Points:-

l   About Daniel Defoe

l  An introduction of Robinson Crusoe

l  Character - Robinson Crusoe ,Friday and Xury

l  Short plot overview of Robinson Crusoe

l  Relationship between Robinson and Xury

l  Relationship between Robinson and Friday

   

•       Daniel Defoe :-

Daniel Defoe was born in 1660 in London. His father James Foe was a butcher and candle-maker. Daniel was not from high class family.

As a young boy Defoe often dreamed to be a minister but instead of that he went into commerce.

He wrote an enormous number of works,adventure stories and many of them published anonymously.

His books were very popular success,he died at the age of 70 , a poor man.

• An introduction of Robinson Crusoe :

Robinson Crusoe an adventure novel published by Daniel Defoe in 1719. This story is related with Crusoe’s own adventure and incidents of life.

• Character :-

Robinson Crusoe :-

As a main hero ,protagonist of this adventure novel , Robinson lived his "New life" from all kinds of experiences from world. First when the novel starts there is a description about his family background.As he was from middle class family and his father forced him to join Law but as per his interest in sea-voyage , he left his home and joined sea-voyage. After leaving the home his personal life started and he suffered a lot during all voyages.

Robinson was feeling less person, he never cared about his parents and also friends. We can also said that when he sold Xury for getting money. Crusoe was full of adventure also and became a good business man in business of sugar plantation in Brazil. As a protagonist he lived his life alone as he wanted in this novel.

Friday :-

Friday was belonged to the family of cannibals. He was 26 years old "Black" man. Friday was not like his father and also other cannibals. He taught English language from Crusoe and also turned himself into Christianity. In this novel Friday became a slave by Crusoe indirectly.

Xury :-

Xury was also non-white slave boy who met Crusoe at the coast of Africa. Here Xury became a slave only because of money. Then only for money Xury was sold by Crusoe.

• Short Plot overview of Robinson Crusoe :-

The adventure novel "Robinson Crusoe" was divided in three parts.

1. Before the island

2. Life on the island

3. Escape from the island

 

Before the island :-

In that part there is a matter of early life of Crusoe when he was 8 years old and after that when his father forced him to join law, he left the home and went to the coast of Africa where he became a slave from them. Here he met with Xury who was also slave. Then after coming from that he started his own Sugar plantation business and earned more money and again started adventures in the sea.

Life on the island:-

   From part 1 , after breaking his ship and he collapsed to the one another island. Here he spend eleven years alone and realize his mistake to leave his home.  Here he found animals on the island like cats, parrots etc..

Escape from the island:-

Finally after eleven years he saw footprints of someone and he found a group of cannibals on that island. Life on the island is very dangerous for Crusoe now. Here he met 26 years old cannibal Friday, who gave name Friday from Crusoe. And he helped him a lot. Once coming an English longboat there and Crusoe helped its captain and he took Crusoe with him from this island. Now Crusoe again started his sugar plantation business and got married. After his wife's tragic death he again started sea adventures.

• Relationship between Crusoe and Friday :-

Relationship between Crusoe and Friday is like a relationship between " father and son". As a cannibal boy Friday attached with Crusoe very much and believed a lot in Crusoe. Friday was 26 years old boy and he did all the things which Crusoe told him.

Friday - his name is given by Crusoe also. Friday also learned English language from Crusoe and as per Crusoe's command he changed himself into Christianity. Here their relationship is very deep but in a real manner Crusoe is "Master" and Friday is like a"Slave" here.  Double relationships are coming here . Father and Son, Master and Slave. Crusoe became Master slave on him.

• Relationship between Crusoe and Xury :-

As a non-white man Xury is also slave boy from Africans. After leaving his home Crusoe trapped here as a slave and only more money made him free from slavery. So first on the voyage he never met Xury directly ,Xury tried a lot to talk with him but Crusoe never talked with him. After many days they became friends and Crusoe sold Xury only because of money, he wanted to be free from slavery.

Thus, relationship between Xury and Crusoe is very different in a comparison of Friday and Crusoe in this novel.

Thank you. ~~~~