Vonneguts Cats Cradle :: Vonnegut Cats Cradle

Vonneguts Cats cradle vs Our Assumptions Regarding War, Progress, and ReligionIf one of Vonneguts purposes for writing is to poisonous substance minds with humanity (qtd. by Scholes, per Griffin), then the weapon of choice in Cats Cradle, is satire. Cats Cradle poisons minds only by revealing the toxins that atomic number 18 already present in the system. Vonneguts brand of satire serves as a sort of syrup of ipecac on human folly, and if we are to make a better world as he would have it, we should understand how truly virulent human endeavor can be.Cats Cradle holds no punches on convention all(prenominal)y held beliefs and opinions. Whether in escort to trust or science, business or government, sex or war, all topics are at the mercy of Vonneguts lampooning. The issue of religion is certainly a major target for Vonnegut, and he ingeniously uses irony to satirize apparitional folly. Cats Cradle introduces the new, non-religious religion of Bokononism, which, according to its own doctrine, is entirely based on lies (14). By merely asserting that Bokononism is a more truthful religion because it is based on lies, it becomes as error-ridden as any other religion, including Christianity. An standard of this is in Chapter 3, not coincidentally entitled Folly. Here, we are introduced to an Episcopalian charr who claims to understand God and His Ways of Working perfectly (13). When John (or Jonah) discovers that this adult female cannot read a simple blueprint for a doghouse, he sardonically suggests that she ask someone to get God to explain it to her, and in her ire at his effrontery, the woman fires him. John ends the chapter by stating she was a fool, and so am I, and so is anyone who thinks he sees what God is Doing (13). All of this is correct according to Bokonon, we are reminded (13), but we mustnt forget that Bokononism is a religion based on lies.