Bokononism

          Most people join a religion so they can have something to believe in. A god and set of beliefs that they can follow. This is mostly because we as human beings, can not comprehend the ultimate question to the existence of life the universe and everything, so we look to religion to explain the forming of earth, and the terrifying question as to when it is going to end. In the fictional religion Bokononism presented in Cat's Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut, there is a very different case. Followers of the religion admit that their religion does not exist, they admit the foolishness in trying to find the extent of their religion. In this way, Bokononism is almost completely different from all other religions, some might say it is the exact opposite of other religions, almost making fun of the extreme extents people take their religions. In the past and today, people have made their religions a huge deal in their lives, some even going to such extents to place their soul in their Gods hands, believing all events happen because of God's will. For example, recently there was a big belief that the world was going to end on May 21 2011 because that was when God was going to take believers to an eternal paradise. In this scenario, like many before it, people have let their fate take to much control over common sense.

          So is Kurt Vonnegut simply poking fun at religious extremities, or is he sending a message? Possibly he is warning us of the danger religion can have on a person if they believe so deeply in it or let it take away their true sensible minds. Bokonon explains it, yet we as the reader need to discover what Vonnegut meant by creating this bizarre unique religion.

Cat's Cradle

        I have continued my reading of Cat's Cradle, a fictional novel written by Kurt Vonnegut. Let me start of by saying, that this book has the most bizarre form of writing I have ever read. Vonnegut is writing about a fictional religion called Bokonon, where the primary belief is that all religions are fake, and completely understanding the complete limits of ones religion is a waste, for you will never find them. Vonnegut tells us about this interesting religion through the journey of the main character Jonah, who is on a hunt to find as much about the father of the atomic bomb, a man named Dr. Felix Hoenikker, as he can. The search is currently leading Jonah to an island known as San Lorenzo. I find San Lorenzo to be a very interesting island mostly due to it's politics and form of running the society. It seems to be lead by a leader of the name, "Papa Monzano", who wants to make the island a perfect Utopia, and in order to do so, all the rules are made extremely strict. Any felony is dealt with by "The Hook.'' A big hook that is used to slice through people in the stomach, and hang them up.
       One question I have about the island of San Lorenzo and it's strict government, is on one of their major oppositions; Bokononism is not allowed to be practiced. Why is that? When Jonah lands on the island, he sees a billboard warning of this, and another claiming that the only religion to be practiced is Christianity. I think the author Kurt Vonnegut constructed this restricting rule of the island to warn of possible dangers that can occur if a society attempts to create a Utopia. Often, in history or in other fictional books, when a Utopia is created, it can leave other peoples believes, religions, and moral values out because they are not considered "perfect" enough for the society. The leader and followers decide they must get rid of it in order to make sure that their society is not contaminated with anything seen as unfit. Possibly however, there is another reason to this? As I continue to read, I hope to find the answer to this question.

Cat's Cradle

Cat's Cradle is the book my philosophy group has chosen to read, and so far I have a lot of feeling on the story. First off, it's a very bizarre book, almost nothing like books that I have read before. The author Kurt Vonnegut, starts with the main character Jonah and his 'religious' group the Bokonons, and branches off from there to talk about much smaller details from the main point of Jonah writing a book about the bomb on Hiroshima. In a way, it's kind of confusing, but it's new and fresh for me so I enjoy it's originality. But is there a purpose for Vonnegut going off on small, so seeming useless journeys from the main plot line. I say no. The story is based around Jonah, and Bokonon, the religion he follows. I believe these smaller parts to the story will eventually fit together, explaining more about Bokonon and how Jonah went from being a christian, to a Bokonon. In a way this style of writing builds up from small, to large, and you just have to continue going along with it, to see the final outcome. Possibly, the thing that pushes Jonah to join his certain religious group is the bomb on Hiroshima, and how he is going to write a book on it and one of the main creators of the bomb, Doctor Hoenikker. For that is what provokes Jonah to go out on the quest to write his story, thus causing the smaller, comedic side stories to occur.
         Another part of Cat's Cradle that I find very interesting is the portrayal of Doctor Hoenikker. In some ways, I would consider him to be a lot like my interpretation of Vonnegut. It seams like both of them have minds that stray. For example, Vonnegut writes the book in a way that wanders from the main point, but for a purpose, and Hoenikker's mind wanders, but because he is trying to discover more about science and how he can contribute to the good of man kind. Possibly Vonnegut made Hoenikker to be a portrayal of himself? Hopefully I will be able to learn more about this connection and discover more as I continue to read Cat's Cradle.

The Case of the One Eyed Witness

I have come back to the mystery book I was working on called Perry Mason and the Case of the One Eyed Witness. So far, I am not completely liking the book. I feel like the case that the detective/attorney is working on is already to convoluted, and some aspects are not to clear. Yet, some of these parts of the story reference to the time period it was originally written in, the 1950s, which means that it is written using a style and mentioning items and ways of life that I am not familiar with.

House Rules

I have just started reading House Rules, which means I am currently reading about three books at the moment. The book really has given me a deeper insight to Autism. Before now, I regarded the syndrome as a mild mental disorder, which only effected the person who carried the syndrome in a social way, meaning they would have a harder time making friends, and carrying out normal conversations. Yet on the other hand, they would be extremely smart, and to me, this almost made Autism in my eyes not so serious of an issue. But reading House Rules has changed all that, the book is about an Autistic teenager, and his struggles he and his family have to deal with. I realized that Autism really has very few benefits, things that regular people take as granted, Autistic people have to deal with. Even such small things as the color orange, paper crumpling, or being touched, might cause Autistic people to go off on a tantrum. This obviously not only effects the person with the disorder, but their family which have to take care of him or her. Such tasks as even making friends and being accepted are close to impossible. Yet the book not only showed me the disheartening effects of Autism, it showed me life in Autistic peoples eyes, and the good they have. The story alters between the life of Jacob, his mother, and Theo his brother. The reader is able to see Jacob's life, and through this, it showed me that Jacob tries his best to stop himself from having tantrums, and explains in his own words how he can not make friends but would so dearly like to have one. Only a few chapters in to the book, my views of Autism have changed, and I have learned a lot about the disorder and the challenges Autistic people face. I look forward to continue to read this book, and analyze my thoughts and feelings about Jacob and the story.

Right Behind You

I have taken a one week break from my current read, The Case of the One Eyed Witness and have instead been reading a bit easier of a read which has intrigued me. Right Behind You  by Gail Giles is a teen social issue book. I don't often read these, but thought that it might be interesting to pick up and read for a few days. The basic plot line is about a young boy named Kip, who is provoked one warm summer day in the Alaskan wilderness, to do the unthinkable, burn a child. He is at a difficult time in his life, his mother has passed away, and he is on bitter terms with his father who is barely getting the two by. It just so happens that on one day when he is bickering with his father, his pier, Bobby comes by to his house to show off his new baseball mitt, he then proceeds to brag about it, and eventually gets Kip to feel very jealous. Kip, not knowing what he is doing, throws lighter fluid on Bobby and takes a lighter which he tosses at Bobby, and he burst into flames. Bobby dies soon after, and Kip faces the long road of facing court, and rebuilding his life in a center for criminal children.
     So far in my reading this story, I find it very sad and depressing, which is my leading factor to not reading social issue books, but also entertaining. I believe the authors main goal in writing the story is to touch on the difficulties of changing your life, and moving on from your past experiences. This is very difficult for Kip in the story, and is a good analogy for victims of such horrible events. Not just the one who gets physically hurt, like Bobby did, but the one who is mentally hurt, Kip. Bobby's pain ended when he died, yet Kips continues long after the horrific incident, and most likely on through the rest of his life. He always has to live with the burden of killing a child, and the guilt that comes with it. I believe the key to avoiding such a life of guilt and shame, is to let it be in the past, and move on to the future, this is an incredibly hard task to achieve, we will always be the same person, and carry the memories of the past, but sometimes it is best to let the bad ones go, learn from your mistakes, and move on to the future. Some might say that the inflictor of the crime, in this case Kip, should always live with the guilt, but I say not. For if this person lives with the guilt, then their life will be ruined and they will never want to enjoy the goods of life. Isn't it better for only one life to be lost by death, then one lost by death and another lost by shame? I look forward to continue to read this intriguing story and analyzing more of the authors purpose.

The Case of the One-Eyed Witness

I am currently reading The Case of the One Eyed Witness by Perry Mason. This is the first time I have read a mystery novel n a long time, so I was interested to see how I liked them now. The story has several themes going on in it at the same time, which make it slightly hard to follow but interesting at the same time. The first mystery theme to enter the story has to do with a frantic woman who calls Mr. Mason late at night claiming that he is to receive a package shortly and that when he does he must deliver it to a man named Carlin. Once the phone call is over, Mr. Mason sees a distressed Cigarette girl in the restaurant he is in, and decides to confront her. He finds out that the young woman had her daughter take in from her by her husband, and can not find the two any where. The third theme that really takes effect in the story is after Mr. Mason wishes the cigarette girl well and leaves to find this mysterious Carlin. He is eagerly invited into the man's house and over a cup of coffee in the late night, explains to Carlin the interesting phone call from the frantic woman, and a message that she wanted him to here, "you are to get a new partner." The incident means nothing to Carlin and he claims he does not have the slightest idea what this woman is talking about. All three conflicts appear to have nothing in common, but I believe not. I have a feeling that they are very much all interwoven. Perhaps Mr. Carlin is not admitting everything that he knows; and the cigarette girl is involved without even realizing it? Often in mystery novels, all of the little stories wind up to one larger conflict. Hopefully however, I can deduce more of the mystery over the coarse of me reading, this and try and discover the mystery along with the detectives!

The Restaurant at the End of the Universe 2

    This is my second blog post on The Restaurant at the End of the Universe, I am nearing the end of the story, and a lot has happened since the last post I had written.
    Zaphod is on a small mission to find this mysterious person named Zarniwoop, Zaphod has no idea who this person is, apparently, the reason to why he needs to find this man (or woman) has some connection to the man who rules the universe, and the reason he does not know himself is because it is locked somewhere away in the corner of his brain. Why his brain won't let him know about these strange intention's we don't know. It just so happens to be another one of the aspects of this novel that makes it so randomly stupid and funny, yet there are hints that it will be revealed later on in the plot. So Zaphod is lead by his brain to the publication office of the famous book The Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy (an encyclopedia which contains all the knowledge needed on the universe, the series centers on it hence the name of the first book.) Here he meets a strange man named Roosta who claims he is to help Zaphod on his quest to find Zarniwoop. At this turning point moment in the book however, the building in which both men are in is ripped out of the ground by a giant spaceship which starts to fly away with them in it to a planet, according to Roosta, called Frogstar. Here, Zaphod will be eliminated for someone, or something does not want Zaphod to discover Zarniwoop and the ruler of the universe. Yet as they land on this ominous empty planet, Zaphod outwits Frogstar fighters (minions of this unknown creature whom does not want Zaphod to find Zarniwoop) and runs away with Roosta. Roosta then leaves Zaphod and tells him to hide before anyone can find him.
     As I read all of this, I noticed that the whole lay out of the book completely switched around. In the first book, the whole story was laid out in a very comedic nonsensical way, yet now it seems much more serious and deep, as if something serious is going to happen. Yet there is still a sense of humor penetrating through this, but the sense of danger is still somewhere within it all. It shows how quick a story or even real life can change, even in the so seeming happy moments, there can be an evil presence, which lurks wherever least expected.

The Restaurant at the End of the Universe

          This novel is the sequel to Douglas Adams The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy. The story continues as it was left off. Arthur Dent, Ford Prefect, and Zaphod Beeblebrox have just narrowly escaped the planet Magrathea and those on it who want to catch Zaphod for fleeing the position of President of the Galaxy. Once a fair distance away from this hostile planet, Arthur Dent, main character, and his gang decide to go and get  something to eat at the restaurant at the end of the universe. But before they are to go any further, they are suddenly under attack from a Vogan ship. Vogans are some of the most vile, dangerous aliens there are in the universe. As the reader, we understand from the Vogans view that they are being paid to conduct the elimination of these three beings, yet we are not to sure why. Onboard the ship, Zaphod summons his great grandfather to help him escape the evil grasp of the Vogans during a seance. His witty great granddad, agrees to help him by using his super dead powers. The next thing we as the reader know know in the story, Zaphod mysteriously finds himself  far away from his spaceship, in a completely different world, only with the slightest notion that he is to find a person named Zarniwoop.
         Like most of Douglas Adams novels, they are mostly utterly confusing on purpose in order to create a comical setting. But underneath it's funny outside exterior, there is a slight sense of the unknown, a feeling of not knowing where the characters are going to do next, or what they are going to do. One reason for this is in the character Zaphod Beeblebrox. Often in the story, the narration will focus on Zaphod, and his thoughts, one example of this is when Zaphod repeatedly claims that there are thoughts locked away in his brain. What are these thoughts? The reader does not know, but they are the driving force of the story, for there is a strong possibility that the quest of these three people revolve around them, for often the narrator stops to talk about them. Due to this, we never know what next will appear within Zaphods mind and how that effects the story line.

Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy Revise Project with Ishrak Jahan

          The comedic novel, The Restaurant at the end of the Universe is the sequel book to Douglas Adams Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy. The series starts with your everyday normal male Arthur Dent. Who just so happens on this one particular day, to be told by his good friend Ford Prefect, that the world is to come to an end. Arthur, obviously not believing Ford soon believes him when a large space shape-like vehicle appears above his small town and declares that they will explode the earth. Luckily for Arthur, Ford happens to get his way on the ship by hitching a ride. The next thing Arthur knows he is onboard the foreign ship. While stashed in the Cargo hold, Arthur learns that Ford Prefect is actually an alien from the planet of Betelgeuse, who is spending the time on earth writing the HitchHikers Guide to the Galaxy, an encyclopedia about the universe. Astounded to hear this, Ford and Arthur are thrown off the ship by one of the Alien species called Vogans, but not before being tortured awhile by some awful poetry. They are miraculously picked up after being thrown into hyper-space by Fords crazy friend Zaphod Beeblebrox. Who just so happened to be president of the Universe. At this moment, he had stolen the fastest ship in the galaxy, and was running away from the space cops. Apparently he had taken the ship to reach a mystical planet by the name of Magrathea, which is were Zaphod believes there will be a lot of gold and riches. So the dynamic duo decide to go along with Zaphod to learn of Magrathea. When the group finally reaches the planet of Margrathea, they find an open tunnel on the surface of the now deserted planet, and they climb down to find a crazy old man named Slartibartfast, who tells the characters that Magrethea used to make planets all over the universe. Earth, was purely made as a giant intelligent computer to discover the answer to the Life Universe and Everything. But just as the "computer" earth was about to make it's critical most anticipated outlook, it was destroyed as mentioned early in the story by the Vogans to make for a giant bypass. Shortly after hearing this from Slartibartfast, Arthur, Ford, and Zaphod are attacked by a group of mice who greatly want to find the answer to the life the universe and everything. Since Arthur is a human from earth, they figure that possibly the answer is stored somewhere in his brain. So they attempt to cut his brain out and find the answer. Yet Ford and Zaphod manage to get Arthur out of the situation, and unfortunately right into another dilemma. Waiting for them on the surface of the planet Magrethea, is the entire galaxy police force waiting to take Zaphod in for stealing the Heart of Gold spaceship. Thankfully,  Arthur, Ford, and Zaphod are able to out smart the police troops and get back on to the Heart of Gold spaceship where they blast off of Magrethea, and the dangers that awaited them there.
          The book creates a very witty funny setting. Many of the things that are written are very random, so while reading this book you have to learn to expect the unexpected. Most of the jokes can be very non-sensical and do not make complete sense. But through the funny, witty, clueless exterior of this novel is a story that is very weird and bizarre and has really made me think about what the author Douglas Adams meant for the reader to interpret.
         The first thing in the Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy  that really made me wonder was how the character Zaphod decides all of a sudden to steal the Heart of Gold spaceship. He mentions to Arthur and Ford that deep down in his brain, something told him to steal it. I really felt like this was very strange, possibly what ever is hidden away deep down in his brains is going to be very crucial for the rest of the series. Maybe it is not even Zaphod who is putting the thoughts into his mind, maybe it is some one else who wants Zaphod to get the Heart of Gold spaceship for a very special reason.
         The second thing in the Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy that also made me wonder was the chapter where the evil mice wanted Arthurs brain to find the answer to life the universe and everything. Could the answer actually be hidden in Arthurs brain? Whichever way, I have a feeling that it will appear somewhere along the story line for the "computer" earth data must not all be destroyed. Or is it?

The Restaurant at the End of the Universe

Escape from Furnace (Solitary) 2

         This is my second blog post on the book Solitary by author Alexander Gordon Smith. Since last I posted however, a lot of new themes and issues have appeared. After Alex, the main character, has freed himself of the prison, and is struggling to find a way out of the underground tunnels, he meets the rats. Huge monsters that stalk the bottom of the prison. However, Alex finds a way around them with the help of a mysterious friend who guides Alex and his friend Zee, to the exit. The two are taking the route that was pointed out to them, giddy with excitement over the prospect of being free, when they end up unfortunately running into the warden of the prison, and his black suit guards. To Alex and Zees great dismay, they are sentenced to a month in solitary confinement, a small cell where it is rumored among the inmates that your own fears brought forth by the isolation can bring you to insanity and even death. At the beginning of their sentence, Alex sees visions in the dark, and is haunted by his own nightmares, the work of the truly powerful "Hole" as Solitary has been nicknamed. But knowing that he must keep his mind busy in order to stay sane, Alex decides to try ripping off this grate covering he found in the corner of the room. After quite a bit of work, he manages to release it from it's tough hinges and to his astonishment, hears tapping through  the hole that he has created. It turns out that the tapping is coming from Zees neighboring hole cell. Quickly, the two inmates design a form of code system through taps, betting the system in confinement that has drawn so many crazy.
          After about a week of tapping out messages to each other, and eating the gray mush that is feed to them, also called mush, Alex is take in from his cell by an unfamiliar, person. Thinking that he is one of the wardens evil beings, Alex attempts to beat the thing, but finds that the creature is tough and can easily withstand Alex's feeble assault. Once Alex is brought into an abandoned storage cell. The creature tells Alex that the warden is setting up a sort of system in furnace, where the inmates are transformed into monsters and other bizarre creatures so as to research by. But to the wardens dismay, some of his own creations have turned on him, and he is having to fight them in a war, beneath the prison floors. The creature, says that he is one of the wardens creations, and that he is willing to free Alex so he can have help from to find a way out for him and some of the other beings that are fighting the warden. Alex agrees, and they begin to form a plan.
          The portion of the book Solitary that I have included in this blog post has really made me think about the hope that keeps people alive. In the story, Alex discovers a way to communicate with Zee in the hole, by doing so, he beats the hole. The hole can no longer drive all the humanity and saneness from him, for with communication and sound comes reality of the mind and senses. And since the whole purpose of Solitary is to take such reality away, it can no longer do so with Alex's and Zees ingenious form to contact each other. The same goes for real life, we must keep our eyes on the goals we want to achieve in life, for that is what gives us the will to survive.

Escape from Furnace 2 (Solitary)

        I am currently reading the second book in the Escape From Furnace series, Solitary. In the first book, Alex, the main character is wrongly convicted of the murder of his best friend, Toby. As punishment. he is sent to life imprisonment in one of the worst prisons of England, Furnace. When Alex reaches Furnace, he makes a few friends in a boy his age named Zee, and in his cell mate Donovan. But Furnace is not all about friends, there are many dangerous gangs roaming around, always willing to pick a fight, and Alex has to do his best to avoid being shanked by them as much as possible. There are also many horrors within the Prison that the warden often let's out on the prisoners, some included are a vicious dog who tears apart anyone foolish enough to get on it's bad side, and weird freaks in gasmasks who will randomly at night, inject a sorry victim with a fluid. Once knocked out by the injection, the person will be turned into a monster which will be forced to carry out the wardens demonic doings for the rest of their life. Eventually Alex plans an escape, by blowing a hole in a small crack within an unused tunnel, once this had been done, he found an underground river which took him into a huge subordinate cavern, now he has to face the challenge of finding a way to the surface and away from the nightmares of Furnace.
        The book Solitary embodies the ultimate horrors in our minds, it shows exactly all the nightmares in this one prison,and unfortunately, Alex has to deal with them single handedly. We all have things that we fear, and in Solitary, it embodies all were scared of in one epic tale. While reading this story I though tof all the things I am scared of, and what it would be like if I had to face them just as Alex did so. Wouldn't that be awful for all of us? Facing our worst nightmare.

Hunted Past Reason

Currently I am reading the novel Hunted Past Reason  by Richard Matheson. It is definitely one of the most interesting and hard pounding books I ever read. The story starts when two friends Doug, and Bob go on a hiking trip in northern California so that Bob can gather information on the book he is writing about backpacking and wilderness survival. At the beginning of the hike, the two friends get along well enough, with a few arguments between the two about Bob's slow walking pace leaving them behind schedule, and Doug treating Bob as a minority. But as the days go by, tensions start to rise. Doug begins to show signs of jealousy toward Bob's successful writing career, and even makes it seem like it's Bob's fault that his life his headed for the worse and his son died. Doug begins to bring up anything to argue about, even comparing his fairly conservative view on government to Bob's liberal one, and bringing up his biased views on different races and religions. Eventually, Doug shows his true evil jealous self toward the world and Bob, which he has been hiding for years. Deciding to take all of his anger out on Bob, he proposes a game, that if Doug reaches his cabin which is their ultimate destination point, he will let him live, but if Doug catches Bob before so, he will kill Bob, hide his remains, and attempt to get Bob's wife Marian to love him. And so Bob's epic race to get away from Doug's insanity in order to live, and protect his wife.
         While reading this book, I learned a lot about the true nature of people, and what lies beneath the fake facade others create to hide their true personality. This was the case with Doug, and his abrupt outburst toward his life. For many years, he had been treated unfair as a child while his father beat him, and his mother was a drunk. When he grew older, he often had hard times finding work in the theater business, and making ends meet. His son even died from a drug overdose. With all of this anger toward his life, career, and family issues boiling inside him, he finally let it all erupt toward Bob while the enforced isolation exposed this true anger.
        Although this is only a fictional piece of work, this same "emotional" explosion that Doug had experienced can also happen in today's actual society. People will let out their anger on innocent people just to get it off their minds and be free of their worries. We are often reminded of this in history as scapegoats have been used for just such purposes. One example of this can be seen in Hitlers genocide of the Jewish people, and also of modern day bullying in school from possible mistreatment at home. This is why some of us need to learn how to express our anger in appropriate manners and not let it out on others.

The Call of the Wild

      I just recently started the classic book "The Call of the Wild" by Jack London." It's a novel about a group of sled dogs in the northern arctic, who are put to the test of brutality, when they face extreme temperatures and and are pushed to the end of their wits. While following these dogs as they go through there northern journeys, it is quite interesting to note how quickly their personalities change from that of a civilized house pet, to savage creatures stripped of all decency and kindness due to the fight for survival. I wonder, if the affects would be at all similar on a human? Would a man at all be pushed such that he would steal and kill just to make it by? Obviously there would be some variations in how the main emotions would be portrayed. But what about the main reaction? I believe that it does not make a difference. Either man, dog, or any other species for that matter, every animal could be put in such conditions that survival is the one key thing in mind, it is your goal, and you will even kill to keep yourself alive. Such traits might be shown in many different forms, and the ways shown in "The Call of the Wild" are going to be much different from others, but the main element is there, savageness.

The Source of Magic

       A lot has happened since the beginning of the story. Bink has set out on his quest to discover the source of magic, he has met friends along the way, and has encountered countless enemies in battles, to which he has prevailed. And now finally he has come to the end of his quest he has come to the true source of magic. Which is actually a demon, who has been exiled to this magical land for failing to abide by the rules of a game he was playing. The demons code name is Xanth, which is way this region has come to bear that name. The magic has been emitting from his body, creating all of the magical spells and transforming regular creatures into that of magical creatures, such as centaurs and dragons.
      Now Bink comes to a decision, should he let the demon Xanth stay, and let the life of magic continue; or will he free the demon in the name of justice as his ethics persuade him to do. He eventually comes to the decision to free the demon and let him live his life again.
     I believe Bink's decision to free the demon Xanth represents the good beliefs in us all. We all have a conscience that tells us the right decision to make, and to not take the wrong one. Possibly Bink's decision in his case was destiny, for eventually the demons exile would have to end, and Bink is only the source who frees the demon by chance. For demons are much more powerful creatures then humans, a mere man might only act as a prop in the demons game. And so now the land of Xanth is completly void of all magical spells or creatures. It is now lost all of it's uniqueness and speciality. But something told Bink in the end to free the demon, so hopefully his decision was guided by his good will and wisdom. Or maybe it actually was destiny that chose Bink's decision. Whichever way, Xanth will never be the same.