I could have been content to have taken this Moor with me, and have drowned the boy, but there was no venturing to trust him. When he was gone I turned to the boy whom they called xury, and said to him, "Xury, if you will be faithful to me I will make you a great man; but if you will not stroke your face to be true to me (that is, swear by Mahomet and his fathers beard), I must throw you into the sea too." the boy smiled in my face, and spoke so innocently, that I could not mistrust him; and swore to be faithful to me, and go all over the world with me. What does this excerpt reveal about Crusoe's cultural values? a. He believes that the life of any Moor is worth little and that one is no more valuable that the next. b.He believes that taking the life of one person can be balanced out by sparing the life of another c.He believes that life is sacred and people should be silled only if there is no other choice d. he believes that the life of a young mooris worth more than the life of an adult moor



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