Cats Cradle, although confusing and lacking a central plot, is interesting and energetically expresses ideas that connect it to be a postmodern text. The novel uses religion to reject objective truth. It takes how people believe what they experience or in short if a lie is told long enough people start to believe it. Therefore the question can be asked: is there any truth in the world? In fact, Castle brings up the idea of, “Jesus Christ?” “Oh,” said Castle. “Him” He shrugged. “People have to talk about something just to keep their voice boxes in working order, so they’ll have goo voice boxes in case there’s ever anything really meaningful to say.” This enlightens the idea that there is no truth or reality but instead people look to something to guide him or her for motivation or purpose to live. It too this can be drawn from Cats Cradle when there is an analysis of the cats cradle itself. Although it is just a bunch of Xs and indeed doesn’t exemplify a cat’s cradle, people believe what they have been grown up to believe. Through life experiences and their surroundings perceptions are developed and in doing so truth is formed. There can then be no concrete black and white, because the world is driven by justifications for actions. This work too relates to that of a postmodern novel through its religion of Bokononism. Although everyone practices the religion in order to spice up the society, they have made it off limits. In order to keep it as something against authority people are killed every so often to form a respected consequence. As a result it takes peoples minds off their horrible lives and focuses it towards a higher power. That is just a few ways in which Cats Cradle can be considered a postmodernism.
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