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It's adventurous and unconventional plot.

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Q: What set Robinson Crusoe apart from other literary works of the day?
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What set Robinson crusoe apart from the other literay works of the day?

"Robinson Crusoe" stood out from other literary works of the day due to its innovative approach to storytelling, incorporating elements of realism and detailing the protagonist's survival and self-discovery through isolation. It is considered one of the first English novels, blending adventure with philosophical reflections on human nature. Defoe's vivid narrative style and the theme of individual resilience resonated with readers and influenced later works in the genre.


Describe the main characters in the story Robinson Crusoe?

The main character in the story Robinson Crusoe is Robinson Crusoe himself, a young Englishman who got stranded on a deserted island. Other notable characters include Friday, a native man whom Crusoe rescues and befriends, and Crusoe's dog, which provides companionship during his solitary existence on the island.


What does Crusoe call the only other person on the island where he is shipwrecked?

Robinson Crusoe calls the only other person on the island where he is shipwrecked Friday.


What does Robinson Crusoe call the only other person on thwe island where he is shipwrecked?

Robinson Crusoe names the only other person on the island "Friday" because that is the day of the week he rescued him.


How did Crusoe get himself a companion?

A young prisoner is coming across to Crusoe's island and two of the cannibals are chasing the prisoner. Robinson shoots the other two men saving Friday. Friday is forever greatful to Crusoe and he becomes Robinson's companion.


What kind of eggs does Robinson Crusoe find to eat on the island?

Robinson Crusoe finds bird eggs on the island that he eats to survive. He gathers these eggs from seabirds and other birds that nest on the island, using them as a source of food.


What is the last thing that Robinson Crusoe finds on the shipwreck?

food


What items did Robinson Crusoe find useful?

Robinson Crusoe found tools such as a knife, an axe, a spade, and a gun to be useful for survival on the deserted island. Other items he found helpful were clothing, seeds for planting crops, and materials to build a shelter.


What was the name of the other person on the island with Robinson Crusoe?

Crusoe met this man on a Friday, so he called him Man Friday as his English name. Some readers claim that he wasn't his friend but his servant. This may seem like a minor point, but because he was black it seemed controversial to later readers in that he continued his role as in the developed world. It also created the phrase Man Friday, a male server and girl Friday, a female server.


When was Crusoe born?

Robinson Crusoe was born in 1632(of course he is not a real man)


What happen to Robinson Crusoe?

At the end of the book he is taunting a bear during their passage to France, when Robinson has basically sworn off anything else. Robinson gets married, but does not really follow up with the other characters of the story.


What Robinson Crusoe adaptation took the view that native life is better than English life?

Tournier's Friday, or, The Other Island