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Why is it that Robinson Crusoe seems so alike to a collection of moral epistles at times?

Does Robinson Crusoe has a superiority complex/largely inflated ego? (or how everything he does is novel and incredible)

Is it possible for a human being to possess all the random skills that Robinson Crusoe has?/How do you randomly stumble upon cheese production?

Robinson Crusoe seems an impossibility in many many ways. It is all but impossible to go through everything the main character goes though as easily as it seems he does. The island on which he lands just happens near perfect for habitation, and he just happens to be able to claim everything he might need to survive from the ship? When ever something does awry, it seems as if it's mentioned as a minor detail and highly downplayed. It is hard to determine if this is the actual case and Robinson Crusoe is truely the superhuman portrayed or if, as it the novel is supposed to be written as a journal from Robinson Crusoe, the character chooses to gloss over his failures. What is written however, makes Robinson Crusoe has a highly 'unreal' feeling about him.