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rcONTIN - Elements of the structure of the novel
by RContin - (2009-06-03)
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FIRST PERSON NARRATOR: the narrator is the protagonist.

  • STORYLINE: you are telling the meeting between Robinson and Friday, their relationship and how they burn the human rests of the battle between the cannibals.

  • CHARACTERS: they are described by:

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: Friday "...was a comely, handsome fellow, perfectly well made, with straight, strong limbs..."

PROPER NAME: Robinson give the man who meets a name.

INTERACTIONS BETWEEN CHARACTERS: The relationship between the two protagonists and Robinson's teaching to Friday of his language. So they can communitate.

BACKGROUND OF THE CHARACTERS: You underline Friday's culture in the scene of the finding of the human rests.

  • PRECISE SETTINGS: You provide an accurate descriptions of the environment and a reference of time: "The place was covered with human bones, the ground dyed..." and  "...After he had slumbered, ..than.. , about half-an-hour..."