Character of Friday

Friday is a cannibal. The name Friday is given to this cannibal by Robinson who rescues him from the bloody hands of his enemy cannibals. Robinson teaches him many things like speaking  "Yes " no" " master", and pray to God to bless him". Soon Friday becomes a Christian and a devoted servant of Robinson. After the release from the imprisonment of the island, he accompanies his master, and passes the rest of his life with him. He is about 26 years. He has all the sweetness and softness of a European in his face. He possesses several qualities like swiftness, boldness, intelligence, affection, patriotism, simplicity and innocence.

 Along with ingenuity, he possesses dexterity. Robinson praises this quality in the following line:

                         

                                "Friday took his aim so much better than I that he killed . . .         

                                 two of them and wounded three more."

He does not possess only the sense of humour, he is also the cause of humour. Robinson simply shoots a kid under a tree but Friday fears that he is hurt. When Robinson kills a parrot with the gun, Friday is so much afraid of the gun that he almost worships it. He does not touch it for several days . He shows his boldness in his encounter with rival cannibals, in the encounter with the seamen  and then on the mountain in his encounter with the bear and the ferocious wolves. He can work hard. He beats the corn and swifts. He does all other things on the island. What is most remarkable for him is his love, which is affectionate for his father, patriotism for his country as service for his master.

He bears deep love for his country. When he sees his motherland from the hill, he becomes happy:

                       

                                   " o joy! says he, o glad! There are my country, there my nation.

          He bears intense love for his father, when he sees his father, who was t be killed and eaten the rival cannibals, he feels happy. He runs wildly to bring water and food for him. Friday loves Robinson for saving his life. He expresses his gratitude to him. What we value most Friday is his simplicity. Above all he is innocent. When Robinson kills a kid, Friday rips up his waistcoat to feel if he is not wounded. Simple, honest and innocent are the qualities of Friday. He is open- hearted. There is no guile about him. Robinson says:

         

                                     "He told me all he knew with the greatest openness imaginable."