Galapagos: James Wait's Rebirth From An Iron Age In Galapagos
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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 hold the job to
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.... age or does he die as a punishment for his
corrupt past? James Wait probably obtained his “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 ....
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