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Themes All Themes. There was no need to revolt from his sovereignty because he attended to the needs, especially the educational ones, of his people. Crusoe, in his isolated state, has no priest or parents to tell him what to believe—he instead listens to what his mind rationalizes from what he sees on the island.
In this way, religion is not entirely based on Belief , but something more concrete. Robinson tries to relate this to Friday, but has a few details to work out before he can be entirely convincing. Interestingly enough, Marsais found that there was a special relationship between students and teachers that created a great admiration between the two if the teacher was able and the pupil was willing.
As Universal Passions discusses, the relationship between the two is mutually beneficial. Robinson cares for his pupil and teaches him, and Friday in turn reminds Robinson of the importance of companionship possibly reawakening a Passion for society.
They must learn from each other to survive and navigate the rest of their adventures. Robinson Crusoe is not just a model for education in extreme retrospect—it was seen as such even during the 18th century, especially by Jean-Jacques Rousseau.
In his essay "Emilius and Sophia; or, a New System of Education", he finds that this novel is not simply a tool for education, as Defoe stated in his introduction, but THE tool for education. Indeed, he found that Robinson Crusoe "affords a complete treaties on natural education" and will "for a long time, consist his student's whole library" Through this one novel, one can garner a complete education. He saw the value of this novel for all of society as "our guide during our progress to a state of reason" He thought that students could learn how to experience and master the world around them by following Crusoe's example.
Moreover, since the ornate borders in the Cassell edition sometimes feature wild parrots as in Crusoe Writing His Journal , Poll becomes in this scene a triumph of patient domesticity for Crusoe. Thus, in the illustration the Cassell artist foreshadows Crusoe's becoming Friday's teacher.
Although the illustration does not reveal as thorough a knowledge of the text as Cruikshank's Crusoe and Poll the Parrot in dialogue in that it lacks the accumulation of text-based details, the closeup woodblock-engraving of Robinson Crusoe as a patient teacher is situated in terms of the home-made chair, the sabre, and the pallisade.
Moreover, the castaway is still wearing European clothing salvaged from the wreck. Here, the Cassell's illustrator enforces belief in the illustration not by using Defoe's own technique of supplying countless small but telling details, but by studying Crusoe's facial expression and telling gesture. Other illustrators such as Cruikshank have situated Crusoe and his parrot in the cave, surrounded by such elements as the umbrella, hat, two cats, the hammock and blanket, the spade and wicker fishing basket, table laden with food, and even a pewter mug salvaged from the wreck.
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