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.
Thursday, November 19, 2009
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