It's an easy enough assumption to make, that a fictional book should not contain the truth. But if what the statement says is true, than the statement itself would be false, and thus contradict itself. This absolutely reeks of postmodernism, as it delves deeper into truths than the aforementioned quote said to Felix Hoenikker. We have no semblance of truths, nothing in this world or universe is true, at least by our standards. Our existence is based on lies, lies that have been proclaimed as truths as we know nothing else. Truth, I think, in and of itself, is a misnomer. Truths do not exist. There is no pure essence or form of something that can be interpreted by beings such as ourselves. Truths would have to be dictated by some divine being, which, of course, would be flawed, unless the being itself was flawless. And also of course, I being an atheist, wholeheartedly disagree with this notion in its entirety.
John continuously mentions how the book is for “members of [his] karrass” (5). Clearly, this doesn’t exist in today’s society. Bokononism is a religion that believes there are specific groups that are entitled to God’s will, known as karrass. One interesting thing I observed in the book was when Newton had written a letter and included the story of how the scientist told Newton’s father that science includes acts of sin and the father responded by saying “What is sin?” (17) This intrigues me because every religion under God tries to disengage from all types of sin, and for someone who is supposedly under God’s will and not knowing what sin is seems kind of ironic to me. There are people who are agnostic/atheist and still know the common definition of sin. I look forward to reading into the religious aspect of the book and see where it takes us.
I’m sure that as I continue to read the book that I will discover acts of postmodernism clearer...
Mhmmm....Nicely doneee!! Haha. Well I loveee the quote you chose to use, I don't think anyone else used it. Your explanation was very well done. I think "truth" is just such an undefinable term that people keep seeking it, although they will never find it- so it basically sucks not knowing what reality really is. It's like every novel we have read thus far in AP lit makes us question truth, and reality. They make us think about our lives, they make us overthink everyyyythinggg-- lameeee hahaa. They make us question everything, then question that question. Its like I'm just coming to realize that there really is no right answer for anything, because in the end--what is right? Hahaaa i'm basically just rambling because I didn't really have much to say, so I'm just saying anything. Sorrryyyyy for it being so lame hahahaa; but yeahh....byeee :) haha
Sooooo I just read over my thoughts... and I noticed I didn't do a good job explaining my ideas in the way I wished to. The ideas I presented were from other ideas and I did not support it with my own insight very well. All in all, I look forward to finishing up Cats Cradle and thinking of more ways to express and support my ideas.
"Nothing in this book is true."
ReplyDeleteIt's an easy enough assumption to make, that a fictional book should not contain the truth. But if what the statement says is true, than the statement itself would be false, and thus contradict itself. This absolutely reeks of postmodernism, as it delves deeper into truths than the aforementioned quote said to Felix Hoenikker. We have no semblance of truths, nothing in this world or universe is true, at least by our standards. Our existence is based on lies, lies that have been proclaimed as truths as we know nothing else. Truth, I think, in and of itself, is a misnomer. Truths do not exist. There is no pure essence or form of something that can be interpreted by beings such as ourselves. Truths would have to be dictated by some divine being, which, of course, would be flawed, unless the being itself was flawless. And also of course, I being an atheist, wholeheartedly disagree with this notion in its entirety.
John continuously mentions how the book is for “members of [his] karrass” (5). Clearly, this doesn’t exist in today’s society. Bokononism is a religion that believes there are specific groups that are entitled to God’s will, known as karrass. One interesting thing I observed in the book was when Newton had written a letter and included the story of how the scientist told Newton’s father that science includes acts of sin and the father responded by saying “What is sin?” (17) This intrigues me because every religion under God tries to disengage from all types of sin, and for someone who is supposedly under God’s will and not knowing what sin is seems kind of ironic to me. There are people who are agnostic/atheist and still know the common definition of sin. I look forward to reading into the religious aspect of the book and see where it takes us.
I’m sure that as I continue to read the book that I will discover acts of postmodernism clearer...
Mhmmm....Nicely doneee!! Haha. Well I loveee the quote you chose to use, I don't think anyone else used it. Your explanation was very well done. I think "truth" is just such an undefinable term that people keep seeking it, although they will never find it- so it basically sucks not knowing what reality really is. It's like every novel we have read thus far in AP lit makes us question truth, and reality. They make us think about our lives, they make us overthink everyyyythinggg-- lameeee hahaa. They make us question everything, then question that question. Its like I'm just coming to realize that there really is no right answer for anything, because in the end--what is right? Hahaaa i'm basically just rambling because I didn't really have much to say, so I'm just saying anything. Sorrryyyyy for it being so lame hahahaa; but yeahh....byeee :) haha
ReplyDeleteSooooo I just read over my thoughts... and I noticed I didn't do a good job explaining my ideas in the way I wished to. The ideas I presented were from other ideas and I did not support it with my own insight very well. All in all, I look forward to finishing up Cats Cradle and thinking of more ways to express and support my ideas.
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