Choose three or four characters from Cat’s Cradle and Good Country People and discuss them in terms of existentialism and nihilism? In both Cat’s Cradle by Kurt Vonegut and Good Country People by Flannery O’Connor the authors show how a character is corrupted and changed from an existentialist to a nihilist. The existentialist ends up losing their faith in life, and is left believing in nothing. They then turn to being nihilist …showed first 75 words of 743 total…

…showed last 75 words of 743 total…really don’t have anything but have faith. These two characters exist independently of each other and represent an Existentialist being one step away from a Nihilist. In Cat’s Cradle Newt Hoeniker coexists with Julian Castle. This shows both the existentialist and nihilist independent from each other. In Good Country People Hulga interacts with Manly Porter. This interaction shows the clash between Existentialism and Nihilism, and may foreshadow an existentialist changing into a nihilist.