Canticle For Leibowitz: Walter Miller
Walter Miller, in the novel A Canticle For Leibowitz, mocks the way we
are as humans, particularly in those ways that lead to regressive thinking. The
novel pokes fun at the attention to impractical details, such as to the spent
copying the Leibowitz blueprints. Miller also mocks humans by describing the
inordinate amount of attention and energy given to a spiritual being such as
Leibowitz, as today's society worships God. Finally, the most absurd way Miller
mocks today's society occurs when he describes how they do not give something
very important the considered attention that it deserves. These are three
examples how Walter Miller mocks and shows today's society their faults.
Miller mocks the way we are as humans when Francis gives too much
attention to impractical details to the Leibowitz blueprints. Brother Francis
spends many years copying the blueprints of the circuit design. Francis copies
the design so carefully he mistakenly......
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