In any novel, the setting may be the most important piece to the story. The setting of Robinson Crusoe illustrates the most important element in the book. Considering the fact that he was the only remaining member on the ship that survived in the island, Crusoe was given more of a chance than a punishment from God. Even though he encountered a very harmful shipwreck that could have taken his life. If Crusoe were truly punished, God would have taken his life with the other members from the ship.
             The only reason that the island can be described as hell has to be when he starts reflecting about his betrayal on his own father. Crusoe says, "I never had so much as one thought of it being the hand of God, or that it was just a punishment for my sin, my rebellious behavior against my father, or my present sins, which were great; or so much as a punishment for the general course of my wicked life"(89). But once he realizes the opportunity given to him, he embraces it and takes it to a level where it can only be considered a paradise. He should realize how lucky he is to even be alive and at this point he was a very immature young man.
             If anyone views the island as hell, then they have not gone fully into context about Robinson Crusoe. The island must be a paradise for the main reason that he became a self-sufficient person. Crusoe states, "I descended a little on the side of that delicious vale, surveying it with a secret kind of a pleasure, to think that this was all my own, that I was king and lord of all this country indefeasibly and had a right of possession; and if I could convey it, I might have it in inheritance, as completely as a any lord of a manor in England"(96). Crusoe feels good when he was the lord of his own kingdom and you could sense his secret passion of pleasure to be his own God. The whole reason he left his life in England must have been that he wanted to be his own man and that's why he has p...