Research the ecological impact of colonialism. Use your research to explain the problematic overpopulation of cats on the island in the novel. What kinds of problems do we have today with exotic specie invasions? Investigate such a problem in your area.
How is the character of Friday presented in the novel? How is he different from other representations of native people in Defoe's time9 Read Aphra Behn's Oroonoko. Contrast the character of Prince in that novel with Defoe's Friday.
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