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.
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