Coetzee's post-colonial novel "Foe", was first published in 1986. It exprlores the post colonial elements of South Africa, Brazil and England. The protagonist of the novel, Susan Barton, and additional important charactersare Curso and Friday, the novel surrounds in these characters. Friday, a slave of Cruso who has come when he was little, before fifteen years ago, with his master, Cruso.
In this novel, Friday is a mute type character who did not talked yet with anyone, as a reason Susan has found out that he is like a dog. In Friday, the Colonial violence is out from him. Coetzee has designed Curso as the character like Robinson Cruso by Defoe. Here, Cruso is the slave master like the Colonial oppressor.
Cruso has taken to Friday to the island as his slave. In the post colonial time, all the things and curriculum are gone undecor. In "Foe", Susan has come to the island by finding his daughter. Without finding Susan's daughter, she has come to this unknown island in the state of Bahia in Brazil.
In a time of their living, the silent character Friday always work for Susan as he had made a comfortable bed for Susan. In the part one, in the island, Susan has often asked to Cruso as Friday does know much stock words? Here, in this section, as the post colonial events Cruso said, "This is not England, and we do not need great of stock words."
In the part two, when Susan has gone to Mr. Foe to write her novel. She has known that a lot of things are changed in the current time. At cleverly of Defoe, Susan did not find out that. She believes to Mr. Foe blindly.
In the part three of "Foe", when Susan wanted to stay with Mr. Foe in his bed, then Friday stay at the corner of the room. In this section, the oppression of Colonialism is come out from Mr. Foe and Susan Barton. Coetzee shows the character Cruso is a completed one sign of the Colonialism which impacts in the post-colonial time.
In Defoe's writing, Friday becomes as the path finder and Susan as the sign giver. By reading this type of novel, Susan was not satisfied with the unmatched story of her telling. He doesn't hope this. In the novel, Mr. Foe, as the antagonist of the story who has mainly focus on the colonialism thinking after foregoing the post colonial age.
The novel is the full version of the untold story of Daniel Defoe's Robinson Crusoe. It reveals the power and self valuable thinking of Mr. Foe. He suggests the best and erased writing. The another version of the novel "Robinson Crusoe" shows the decision of the powerful man of the society.
The post colonial age offers the modern age of the world. In the last or chapter four, where an unknown narrator has come and explains the whole story of the room where Susan, Mr. Foe and Friday were living.
In the current brilliant of post-colonial age, human can think clearly that comes after the colonial period over the world. Here, the unnamed narrator is the sign of the initial character of the post-colonial age.
In the first part of the story, European left all the colonized areas over the world. John Herbert, the captain who has come to make free to the three important characters of the novel. It shows that the freed symbols from colonialism. Being stuck in an unknown island is not less tough than the colonization.
In the Island, Susan becomes the leader, and Mr. Foe becomes the right taker in the English land. After colonialism, the effect of fear of Cannibals finds out from Cruso and his salve, Friday. When Susan says them about Brazil then they told that Brazil is full cannibals.
The Cannibalism or the cannibals is now existing in the post colonial age of Africa. The Cannibals eat the flesh and the other body parts of human.
In conclusion, Coetzee's novel "Foe" expresses post colonial thinking from the characters like Cruso and his slave, Friday. In the main culprit of the story is Mr. Foe, who in this age takes a lot control on Susan Barton. He has taken Susan to his bed through his powers and unmoved decision.