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Robinson Crusoe Worksheet

Introduction: 

'Robinson Crusoe' is a 18th century novel by Daniel Defoe. It was published in 1719 and it was among one of the most widely punished books. It is an adventure story of the character Robinson Crusoe dealing with serious issues of colonialism, imperialism and racial discrimination. 

What is colonialism: 

• the policy or practice of acquiring full or partial political control over another country, occupying it with settlers, and exploiting it economically.
• Colonialism occurs when a country or a nation takes control of other lands, regions, or territories outside of its borders (boundaries of the country) by turning those other lands, regions, or territories into a colony. Usually, it is a more powerful, richer country that takes control of a smaller, less powerful region or territory. (Wikipedia)

Give answers of the following questions...

• Write about colonial discourse in Robinson Crusoe 
• How colonialism works in our life (in contemporary time/ of our surrounding, Give examples)?

Robinson Crusoe movie (1997)

• Do you think that, movie is different than original novel?
• Write about some changes done in the movie. 
• Do you think, movie is describing anti-colonial elements? can you describe reasons?

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