Read the following passage from Defoe's Robinson Crusoe:
I gave humble and hearty thanks, that God had been
pleased to discover to me that it was possible I might be
more happy in this solitary condition than I should have
been in a liberty of society and in all the pleasures of the
world, that he could fully make up to me the deficiencies
of my solitary state and the want of human society (101).
What word best illustrates Crusoe's attitude toward the island, as seen in this
passage?
O A. Contented
OB. Frustrated
OC. Cynical
O D. Joyful