Galapagos: James Wait's Rebirth From An Iron Age In Galapagos

Part I of Essay
In Galapagos by Kurt Vonnegut, James Wait shows his rebirth by leaving his “Iron Age” and entering into his new “Golden Age.” Galapagos portrays a group of people who travel to an island on a boat to unknowingly escape a virus that wipes out all of man kind. They now hol ....

Part II of Essay
.... “Golden Age” through a rebirth he gained by slowly conforming in a three step process: Sin, Realization of Sin, and Recovery from Sin. James Wait acted cruelly to his wives. He just wanted money and someone to converse with. Leon Trout tells us in the beginning of the book about James' marriages: “Wait had so far courted and married seventeen such persons-and then cleaned out their jewelry boxes and safe-deposit boxes and bank accounts, and disappeared.”(Pg. 8) James Wait portrays his cruelness and decisiveness towards women in the story. ....