Robinson Crusoe discussion questions
How does Defoe use Crusoe to espouse certain values? In what sense is
the book a morality story?
Examine Crusoe's relationships with Xury and Friday. How does
Defoe seem to comment on the institution of slavery and issues of race?
In what ways does Defoe comment on the society from which Crusoe has
been separated?
Examine the role of work in the novel.
How is value established? How does the language of economics inform the
text?
What is the nature of Crusoe's relationship to the environment?