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The only real politics that the book deals with is the one promoted by Defoe, as he is obviously focused on supporting the image of England as one of the most important colonial forces.
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Works cited:
Clowes, Edith W. "The Robinson Myth Reread in Postcolonial and Postcommunist Modes," Critique36.2 (1995): 145
Crosby, Ray, "Robinson Crusoe's Anti-Pilgrimage," Retrieved June 29, 2011, from the University of California Website: http://ucriverside.academia.edu/RayCrosby/Talks/37311/Robinson_Crusoes_Anti-Pilgrimage
Defoe, Daniel, "Robinson Crusoe," Arc Manor LLC, 2008.
Donoghue, Frank, "Inevitable Politics: Rulership and Identity in Robinson Crusoe," Studies in the Novel27.1 (1995)
"Defoe's Reputation," Retrieved June 29, 2011, from the Brooklyn College Website: http://academic.brooklyn.cuny.edu/english/melani/novel_18c/defoe/index.html
"Robinson Crusoe," Retrieved June 29, 2011, from the Western Michigan University Website: http://www.wmich.edu/dialogues/texts/robinsoncrusoe.html
Not all of the Europeans that went to America had been persecuted in their home countries, and there had been several reasons for why people chose to leave. While some merely wanted a life of adventure on an unknown continent, others searched to take the word of God further by Christianizing the Native Americans. Religion is also present in Robinson Crusoe, as Crusoe converts Friday to Christianity and teaches