Part one of term paper
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 mai ...

Part two of term paper
... a cheat as well as a “wanna-be” that manipulated peoples' minds and he even went so far as to not even tell his former wives his real name! James who portrays a messed up character finally realizes, before he dies, that he acted wrong and he understands his faults. Does he die as an obtainer of a golden 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, Realiz ...