I feel cats cradle is a post modern text because of just the way it makes you feel from reading it. For the quotes it has or the feeling the author had while writing it our the authors goal is writing it. The novel is written for the purpose of the author not to conform to modern writing. Vonnegut wrote to express him self on all levels possible down to the form of writing and flow of the novel. And thats about it on post modernism . Now I am just going to talk about some quotes I liked from the book. “Americans... are forever searching for love in forms it never takes, in places it can never be. It must have something to do with the vanished frontier.” this quote I feel is true. People get so lost in finding the meaning of there lives that they forget to live. And I know I do it sometimes I will sit there and get lost in my thoughts and forget to live. “think is a way for people to not participate in real life. "My God — life! Who can understand even one little minute of it?"
"Don't try," [Castle] said. "Just pretend you understand." this quote show how people will spend there lives trying to understand everything because that is the human condition. Yet you can never understand everything because our brains are not up for the task. And our thirst for knowledge like shown in cats cradle will be a great possibility our end. Cats Cradle has been a pleasure reading and I think it has changed my out look on the world slightly. POST MODERNISM ROCK THE WORLD MAN!
"Don't try," [Castle] said. "Just pretend you understand." this quote show how people will spend there lives trying to understand everything because that is the human condition. Yet you can never understand everything because our brains are not up for the task. And our thirst for knowledge like shown in cats cradle will be a great possibility our end. Cats Cradle has been a pleasure reading and I think it has changed my out look on the world slightly. POST MODERNISM ROCK THE WORLD MAN!
Sean, I'm glad that you brought up that quote, “Americans... are forever searching for love in forms it never takes, in places it can never be. It must have something to do with the vanished frontier.” --It's so true! People are always trying to find love in different places that they become lost in who they are and what they want. (I personally believe there's already love-God's love, but than that would lead me to something else totally different and off topic.) Whew! But I'm glad Cat's Cradle has made you look at everything in a new perspective. Muy Bien!
ReplyDeleteBut honestly, good points Sean.