# The Master — The Life and Adventures of Robinson Crusoe character guide

> The Master in The Life and Adventures of Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** the master, The master, Master, master

**First appearance:** 0001-ii-slavery-and-escape

## Who they are

Captain of the Turkish ship that captures Crusoe, enslaving him.

## Relationships

### [Robinson Crusoe](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/robinson_crusoe_se/characters/robinson_crusoe)

_professional_

The Master is the captain of the ship Crusoe sails on early in his voyages, representing a formal employer-crew relationship.

### [Friday](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/robinson_crusoe_se/characters/friday)

_social_

Friday has limited interaction with the Master, likely as a subordinate or acquaintance in the context of shipboard life.

### [Friday](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/robinson_crusoe_se/characters/friday)

_social_

Friday has limited interaction with the Master, likely as a subordinate or acquaintance in the context of shipboard life.

### [Robinson Crusoe](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/robinson_crusoe_se/characters/robinson_crusoe)

_professional_

The Master is the captain of the ship Crusoe sails on early in his voyages, representing a formal employer-crew relationship.

## In the story

### [Start in Life](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/robinson_crusoe_se/chapters/i-start-in-life)

Crusoe's father, a wise and grave man who gives him serious counsel about the middle station of life and warns him against going to sea.

### [II: Slavery and Escape](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/robinson_crusoe_se/chapters/ii-slavery-and-escape)

The honest captain who befriends Crusoe and teaches him navigation; dies after the first voyage.

### [Return to England](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/robinson_crusoe_se/chapters/xix-return-to-england)

The ship's master whom Crusoe saved; arranges a reward of £200 from the ship's owners.

### [Fight Between Friday and a Bear](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/robinson_crusoe_se/chapters/xx-fight-between-friday-and-a-bear)

Implied as the master of the ship that Crusoe's nephew commanded; also mentioned in the context of the voyage.

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