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So this article was very interesting or at least the first couple paragraphs :P
I really liked the way Vonnegut structured Cat's Cradle. I know it may show that I have a lack of focus, but the short chapters and quick transitions made it a lot easier to read. This also, for me, made the book easier to understand. I don't know if I agree with the whole Google making us stupid. I think that people in today's society have just adapted to life in the 21rst Century. If I really wanted to I could read a long book and even maybe understand it, I just don't want to because I don't have time. Maybe its not Google but that fact that an average person has a billion things to do a day and no time to think or read. Anyways, I don't even use the internet that often but I really do believe that the interenet and Google have done more help than harm. It has really opened up a lot a lot of doors and kind of bridged the gap between many cultures. I get the whole shortened attention span thing but oh well :)

Cats Cradle Second Blog

Did Derrida describe deconstruction?I think so, anyways continuing on this blog, the Hoenikkers are creepy.Felix represents, to me, this sort of satirical version of a scientist. He cares nothing of human emotion and he's pretty much indifferent to human responsibility. Also, the creator of ice-nine, he has pretty much created this abomination to society. His children represent, to me, the epitome of human stupidity. Vonnegut throughout the novel has seemed to maybe argue that people and what they do with technological/scientific advance is just crazy. Example..."The answer is yes, on one condition: that we, the celebrants, are working consciously and tirelessly to reduce the stupidity and viciousness of ourselves and of all mankind." Anyways, the Hoenikker children, who have divided the ice-nine, did whatever they could to reach ultimate happiness, which is sort of representative of society. Angela and Frank end up using the Ice-nine to buy them happiness that they never get. Little Newt too, although he didn't really give it away. Anyways, this selfishness and need to happiness pretty much leads to the Apocalypse. Another topic: I have pretty much forgotten about deconstruction but I'll do my best. I'm not entirely sure how Cat's Cradle may reveal this whole deconstruction thing but here its goes. So deconstruction is where you take away the center, because centers undermine and discriminate...So how does this relate to Cat's Cradle. Well I've seen pictures and there doesn't seem to be a center in a Cat's Cradle.
"Form the way she talked I thought it was a very happy marriage." "Little Newt held his hands six inches apart and he spread his fingers, See the cat? See the cradle?""Little Newt snorted. Religion. See the cat, see the cradle?" 'Ok so this whole cat's cradle may have something to do with deconstruction and the lack of a center and putting opposite meanings as a norm. Maybe its trying to argue that life is a cats cradle and there is/can be no real definition to things.

Cat's Cradle Chapters 1-7

Ok, so I just moved and I've been without internet and I realize that I could've gone to the library, but I have had marching band and homework, and I spend like 30% of my time in the studio, and the other 70% of my time thinking about my next session in the studio, and when I'm famous someday I'll look back to this moment and be thankful.





Anyways Chapters 1-7.



So I guess the Enlightenment, also known as The Age of Reason, was a period where ignorance and superstition were being pushed aside, and where science was being embraced. Yeah we knew that. How Cat's Cradle embraces postmodernism? Well the first thing that jumped out to me was, "Anyone unable to to understand how a useful religion can be founded on lies will not understand this book either." Science was meant to to slove all problems in a nutshell. But I think what Vonnegut may be arguing with Bokononism is that Science may provide the answers, but not the answers to the questions people need to give their life meaning.Vonnegut believes that religion gives meaning and purpose to people‘s lives. Truth can play no part. This fantasy of meaning and purpose that a religion provides is what matters. Bokononism stay away from forming cruel religious dogmatism mainly because there is no truth for which to fight. “It is a free-form amoeba.” Although religion contains no truth whatsoever, it is needed to cotnrol the masses. Scientific advancement has offered millions of people a better standard of living, while simultaneously, has also produced or human suffering on many levels. Atom bomb? Chemical weapons? Cat's Cradle is a sartire of society and the awful things people can do with techonoligcal/sceintific advancement. Although this is Cahpters 1-7, Dr. H invented Ice-Nine. I'll stop here and continue on the next blog.