<Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> This article needs additional citations for verification . Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . Unsourced material may be challenged and removed . (August 2015) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> This article needs additional citations for verification . Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . Unsourced material may be challenged and removed . (August 2015) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) </Td> </Tr> <P> Friday is one of the main characters of Daniel Defoe's 1719 novel Robinson Crusoe . Robinson Crusoe names the man, with whom he cannot at first communicate, Friday because they first meet on that day . The character is the source of the expression "Man Friday", used to describe a male personal assistant or servant, especially one who is particularly competent or loyal . Current usage also includes "Girl Friday". </P> <P> Robinson Crusoe spends twenty - eight years on an island off the coast of Venezuela with his talking parrot Poll, his pet dog, and a tame goat as his only companions . In his twenty - fourth year, he discovers that Carib cannibals occasionally use a desolate beach on the island to kill and eat their captives . </P>

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