Friday as subaltern
As we know that Robinson Crusoe to communicate a point
regarding subaltern language. Upon
meeting with Friday, Crusoe admits that although Friday’s words were very sweet
to his ears, he could not understand them. His means of correcting their was
not to learn Friday’s language and there by gain another tool of communication
but to teach him English.
Here we see that Crusoe is a ‘master’ and Friday is a
‘slave’. Here Friday and Crusoe to be companions and get Crusoe needed a slave,
a man attendant and no one would trust the existence of a white slave. Friday
wouldn’t just take orders from Crusoe, unless they are really true friends and
Crusoe isn’t just using Friday as a servant. Since the island contains only the
two of them until Susan come along , Friday would have no trouble taking over
Crusoe since Friday is younger and stronger.
However, I don’t understand why Friday doesn’t react against
Crusoe is this because they are good friends? Or he’s the obedient servant,
knowing nothing more than serving his master ?
At the moment when Crusoe teaches Friday to call him
“Master” Friday becomes an enduring political symbol of racial injustice in a
modern world critical of imperialist expansion. Friday is a key figure within
the context of the novel.
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