A Canticle For Leibowitz

A detailed Summary of A Canticle For Leibowitz

Walter M. Miller portrays an idea of how he thinks technology will affect society

many years in the future. This is not necessarily how we think technology will affect

society. The role technology has on human existence and the consequence that change

has on humanity are outlined and developed throughout the three separate parts of the

novel: Fiat Homo, Fiat Lux and Fiat Voluntas Tua

A Canticle for Leibowitz. is set many years in the future, after the devastation of

the Nuclear Holocaust and the Flame Deluge. The Holocaust has destroyed any

technology known to man and forced society to start over. The survivors of the holocaust

rid society of any intelligence including doctors, scientists, and any who are educated.

The survivors do this because they feel threatened by the knowledge people have and

become simpletons. They also see the educated as the cause of the holocaust in the

first place, they feel that because scientists invented nuclear weapons, it's their fault they

were used to destroy the world. In the beginning of the novel the scientists use the

church as a place of comfort and wisdom. The monks transcribe all the remains of th

This is ironic because technology is what destroyed the world in the first place, the

how technology begins is to create harm. Miller shows how even a slight bit of

Using the kind of setup Walter Miller used, divided the book into three sections,

Approximate Word count = 804
Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page double spaced)

Category: Novels

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