Robinson Crusoe and God While Robinson Crusoe recovers something useful for his subsistence from the shipwreck, he alludes to his materialism. , you are not worth to me, no, not even take away the earth, one of those knives is worth this whole pile, I have no use for you, you too stay where you are, and go to the bottom like a creature whose life is not worth it to be saved...Yet, on second thought, I took it away from her..." (Defoe 57)It is easy to take Crusoe's statement literally and simply dismiss him as an ostentatious person; however, Crusoe sees true beauty in the hand salvation of God. The dominant theme in Robinson Crusoe is that sin has its punishment, but peace can be found through forgiveness and the young Crusoe's "original sin" leads him to a desolate situation strength in God, which he found while on the shallows of secularism. Providence prepares Crusoe to escape with the help of the Spaniards and also sends an English ship. Crusoe is resurrected only where all people should be resurrected, in grateful recognition of divine mercy . Crusoe rejects his father's advice and commits what he calls his "original sin". His father's philosophy, which is designed to buy man happiness and pleasure in both this life and the next, however fails to persuade young Crusoe, who finds nothing but boredom in middle-class comfort. more, but to settle at home according to my father's wish. But alas! A few days vanished,...in a few weeks I resolved to run away from him altogether." (Defoe 3)......middle of paper......Crusoe's conversion does not remain unrequited; while he surrenders to God, the island surrenders to him. After twenty-eight years on the island, he manages to escape thanks to divine Providence. The main theme of Robinson Crusoe is that sin leads to punishment, while devotion leads to peace is nothing more than a textbook on the proper relationships between humans, culture, and GodWorks Cited1 http://www.kirijusto.scifi/defoe.htm2 http://www.kirijusto.scifi/defoe.htm3 Zimmerman, Everett and the novel. University of California Press, California. 1975 page 375. Zimmermann, Everett novel. University of California Press, California. 37