Life
Defoe's year of birth
1660
The class he wanted to portray in his novels
Middle class
The thing Robinson use to record his life on the island
A Journal
The main setting of the story
A desert island
Type of language in Defoe's novel
Simple
The career his father wanted for him
Religious
In what person are the novels narrated?
First person
The population living on the island
The cannibals
The first word Robinson teaches Friday
Master
The type of description provided by the narrator
Realistic
The periodical he published from 1704 to 1713.
The Review
The condition in which the characters usually appear
Isolation
The prisoner of the cannibals
Friday
The thing Robinson desires to find
His own identity
Where can we see Robinson's objective and rational approach to reality?
In his diary
The name of the novel he published in 1720
Captain Singleton
The genre of his novels
Fictional autobiographies
Crusoe's year and place of birth
York, 1632
What does the primitive empire of Robinson on the island symbolize?
The prototype of the English coloniser
The 4 religious references in the novel
God, sin, Providence and salvation
The other name of the novel Roxana
The Fortunate Mistress
A character of Defoe that is socially isolated
Moll Flanders
The man who inspired Defoe when writing Robinson Crusoe
Alexander Selkirk
What kind of relationship does the life of Robinson on the island symbolize?
Between the individual and society
The conflict explored by Defoe in the novel
Between economic motivation and spiritual salvation