Robinson Crusoe

Write about colonial discourse in Robinson Crusoe

Introduction about the writer:-

   Daniel Defoe was born in 1660 in London and was originally christened Daniel Foe changing his name around the age of thirty five to sound more aristrocratic. Like his character Robinson Crusoe, Defoe was a third child. Robinson Crusoe was based on the true story of a Shipwreked seaman named Alexander Selkirk and was passed off as history, while Moll Flanders included dark prison scenes drawn from Defoe's own experiences in New gate and interviews with prisoners. Daniel Defoe wrote 100 best novel. No-2 is Robinson Crusoe. Defoe died in London on April 24,1731 o a Fatal "Lethargy" and unclear diagnosis that may refer to a stroke.

Colonization:-

   The term colonization refers to the process or act of establishing a colony or colonies. If someone has a power than they always tries to established their company. Colonization and colonialism both are interrelated with each other. Colonization - they established of communities of English speakers, and sometime established company by forcefully. In this novel we see the term colonialism.

Robinson as a colonizer:-

   In colonialism- one nation controls other one, the economy and country. If we discussed about colonialism than there is always devided into two parts just like Master and Slave. Master is the one, who shows his mastership by Power, Position, Money, and all.. where slaves are just like voiceless they have no right to speak something about their own life or own rights.
Here in this Novel- Character Crusoe also display the turm Colonialism. Most cruel fact is that most of native people of a particular land are ruled by a foreign governing body.. Same thing we shows in this novel that Crusoe , a foreigner on the island and using his power by using his gun and skills of developed world. It appears that for years he longs for a companion but when he happens to rescue a native man he gets happy at his slavery..,

".. To  let me know how he would serve me

as long as he lived,

...and let him know I was very pleased with him.."

conscious and subconscious always related with our mind. This lines shows that idea of forming a colony on the island was always in the subconscious of his mind. It shows that he always tries to established colony and  his mastership on the island.

Concept of naming:-

   Crusoe names a man he meet..

" I made him know his name should be Friday,

which was the day saved his life,

I called him so far the memory of the time,

I like wise taught him to say master 

and ten let him know that 

was to be my name.."

So, we can see that he says to Friday that I saved your life , I am giving you a new name so it means i am superior than yours so you follow my rules and regulations. It shows Crusoe's power position as a colonizer. Name is very important of all it is identity of people.

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Movie vs Robinson Crusoe's Books:-

   Hi, I'm Jalandhara Ravi be talking about the defferences between the book Robinson Crusoe vs Castway. The movie and Robinson Crusoe are similar because there both about a man who gets stranded on an island for a couple years. Robinson Crusoe is about a man who trys to sail the ocean and gets ship wrecked and stranded on an island for several years. He finds his own food, fights off canibals and survives the worst. The movie Castaway is about a man who goes on a small trip on an airplane and the airplane crashes into the ocean. The man than quickly learns that if he ever wants to see his wife and his city life again hes gonna have to learn how to survive. He stays on the island for 4 years of pain and agony and never being able to talk to someone. All he has is a volleyball and a face painted in blood on it. 

   The differences between the two are that in castaway the man doesn't have to fight against canibals. In the book Robinson Crusoe he has to fight canibals and he has a dog and a friend with him. Some of the parts I thought were really good in Castaway was when he tied the rope to a branch hanging off a mountain but decides that suicide wasn't the right way. In Robinson Crusoe I liked the part where he fights off all the canibals with his friend Friday. I think the movie Castaway is better because the story seemed to be more dramatic and I liked the story more. Tom Hanks did a really good job in the movie being the main character. 

    If I had to recomend weather to read Robinson Crusoe or watch Castaway I'd pick Castaway because its a better story I think and plus people would rather watch a movie because reading is boring. 

To Sum up:-

   Robinson Crusoe - the novel is colonial novel and the title of this novel and entire novel based on Colonial aspects and with the help of it we know that how Crusoe tries to established his mastership and what things shows that Crusoe as a colonizer.