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?