Essay Archive - Galapagos: James Wait's Rebirth from an Iron Age in Galapagos
Galapagos: James Wait's Rebirth from an Iron Age in Galapagos
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
repopulate the earth. James Wait, one of the main characters on this
voyage, struggles with problems and difficulties in his life, but in the
end he reaches peace and a golden happiness. James went through a corrupt
childhood that....
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