Kurt Vonnegut’s book Galapagos, is essentially the reverse
Eden story. In the Eden story they eat the forbidden fruit from the tree of
knowledge, in Galapagos they cast away knowledge, they threw the mandrax into
the sea. The mandrax is a computer, that can act as a translator and holds a
considerable amount of literature. The Galapagos are also the reverse of the
garden of Eden, the island they land on is barren and hostile. The author
stated that his book has similarities with the Noah story. The novel ends with
the destruction on humanity as we know it the people on the Galapagos evolve in
to seal like creatures. From the remnants
of humanity that become stranded on the island 2 people are vital to the
continuation of the human race, a kind of Adam and eve.
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