Reflection: Daniel

I think that Cat's Cradle is a metaphor for humanity, and its flaws. The book examines one man's journey through another man's life. this is an allegory for the modern feelings of connection. We're all connected, and this book showed that through literature, and religion, we become forever intertwined. The narrator's religion is based off this principle. As you can see, it is a metaphor for our lives.

The religion, Bokononsim, was conceived by a Calypso singer in the US. It uses several new words, (oulined in the "Glossary" post) and is the main drive for the narrator's actions. This is the metaphor for humanity's drive to follow religions.

In the book, you see characters in confusion, in insanity, and in love. These human emotions are all that of a person new to the world. I think that these feelings are significant because this shows humanity's naivety, and their ability to fall from grace.

All in all, i think Kurt Vonnegut did a great job tellling the story of this man, who himself is lost in time, religion and love.