Cat's Cradle (Karass V Granfallon)

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Daniel Foley Mr. O’Brien Novel and Drama 244-1 2 October 2013 The difference between a karass and a granfalloon is sometimes difficult to distinguish. This is because, generally people who are in a granfalloon believe they are in a karass together. Both terms come from Kurt Vonnegut’s novel Cat’s Cradle, Vonnegut’s main character John says, “humanity is organized into teams, teams that do God’s will without ever discovering what they are doing” (13). John later states in the novel that a granfalloon is, “a false karass, of seeming team that was meaningless in terms of the ways God gets things done” (94). There are many granfallons characters in the novel fall into, in the novel Hazel’s views that her and John are connected because of where they both are from is a granfalloon and also in the novel when the tornadoes were reeking havoc on San Lorenzo, Hazel states they are Americans, this is another example of a granfalloon. There are also many similar granfalloons in real life too, one being Salesianum graduates being connected somehow. Hazel Crosby is excited when she finds out that John is from Indiana. Multiple people being from the same location is a classic example of a granfalloon. The fact that they are from the same state really does not give them any really connection is doing God’s will. The only thing that all Hoosiers share in common is that, “Nobody has to be ashamed of being a Hoosier” (93). There is basically no connection there but for some reason the people from the state of Indiana believe they are all in the same team, that God has put together to do his will. Many people become confused about if they are a karass or not, usually a karass is not know by the people in it. When people think or say they are in a karass together they most likely are only in a granfalloon with one another. Another example of a granfalloon in the

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