VONNEGUT’S BOKONONISM
VONNEGUT’S BOKONONISM

Summary/Abstract: Vonnegut’s satirical novel Cat’s Cradle offers a new religion that is rather unique in terms of its belief concepts called Bokononism, through which he, possibly, gives a view of all religions with respect to their purpose. Christianity is often referenced in the novel, and plays a crucial role in defining Vonnegut’s fictional world, where religion of any kind, plays almost no role in a modern, scientific community. While science is the truth, religion, especially Bokononism, is lies; Bokononism, therefore, is presented as an alternative to the harsh truth, an alternative that may be untrue, and yet it allows a happier existence.

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