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Crusoe is interested only in the basic needs of his body, in his survival.
The writer gives us all the details concerning his existence on the island.
We feel that the story has completely stopped: no characters, no plot, no action except what is happening to Robinson.
(He is pleased at his “absolute command” over all the subjects of his island kingdom and enjoys dining like a king surrounded by his parrot, his senile dog, and his two cats.)
This is a nice introduction to Robinson’s colonialist attitude.
Defoe is a colonialist writer and his hero is full of himself as a British young man who is quite aware of his supremacy over other people from other nations