Thursday, August 11, 2011

Guy Friday

Englishman Robinson Crusoe, stranded alone with an island for a long time, is overjoyed to locate a fellow guy, a black islander whom he names Friday. But Crusoe cannot overcome the shackles of their own heritage and upbringing and it is not capable of seeing Friday as anything apart from a savage who needs Crusoe's make of cultural and religious enlightenment. Friday tries to share their own more generous and unashamed culture, but ultimately realizes that Crusoe can't ever see him as not a substandard being. With this awareness, Friday sets to turn the tables on Crusoe.

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