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 after having the only thing they believed destroyed. In both stories the author uses both existentialist which is corrupted by nihilist. Existentialism is a philosophy centered on individual existence and personal responsibility for acts of free will in the absence of certain knowledge of what is right or wrong. Nihilism is a viewpoint that traditional values and beliefs are unfounded and that existence is senseless and useless. In Good Country People the existentialismt is Hulga and the nihilist is Manly Porter. In Cat's Cradle the existentialismt is Julian Castle and the nihilist is Newt Hoeniker.

In Good Country People, Manly Porter, the nihilist, robs Hulga, the existe

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.

In Cat's Cradle the existentialismt is Julian Castle and the nihilist is Newt Hoeniker. Newt is the midget and son to the maker of the atomic bomb. He says, "No dam cat, and no dam cradle,"shows that Newt doesn't look deeply with his imagination for the cat and cradle. This signifies his failure to search for meaning in his own life. He obviously has no hope for the future or for his life. Also Newt feels that the only reason for sex is for reproduction. He believes that life is something to be dealt with and that there is no hope. This signifies that his standpoint in life really has no meaning. His artwork is nothing but black painting with scratch marks. Newt's whole life is shown as one failure after another. There is nothing for him to believe in which makes him like Manly Por

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