Friday
...he fellow himself: his simple, unfeigned honesty appeared to me more and more every day"(148). Crusoe specifies Friday's honesty as "simple" and "unfeigned". It seems Crusoe would have expected a "savage" to be misleading, also a sign of his preconceptions. Again, when Crusoe is jealous of Friday at his expression of joy at the thought of his own country, Crusoe "found everything he said was so honest and so innocent, that I could find nothing to nourish my suspicion"(152). Crusoe's jealousy stems from his "civilized" thinking, and Friday's pure expression of truth comes from his "primitive" ways. Yet, when Friday surprises Crusoe with a simple and innocent question Crusoe "pretended not to hear him"(150). Crusoe is surprised and attempts to deceive Friday to forget the question. It seems Crusoe's natural reaction in that situation is to lie. Friday has an honesty that Crusoe cannot compete with. In everything that Friday says and does, he relates only the truth because Friday does not know differently. Furthermore, part of this honesty comes from Friday's deep loyalty to Crusoe. Friday's servitude to Crusoe is demonstrated immediately after his rescue when Friday put his head on the ground and put Crusoe's foot on his head. From that point on, Friday is completely loyal to Crusoe. After a good while...