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Bokonon established Bokononism with Earl McCabe, his partner in ruling the island, when all the duo's efforts to raise the standard of living on the island failed, as a means to help the poor islanders escape their miserable reality by practicing a simple, useful religion.
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Bokonon and Bokononism
* Calypso ( Bokononism ), songs from The Books of Bokonon from Kurt Vonnegut's novel Cat's Cradle ( 1963 )
* Bokononism All of the text from Cat's Cradle which refers to Bokononism ( including the Books of Bokonon ).
Though everyone on the island seems to know much about Bokononism and its founder, Bokonon, the present government calls itself Christian and those caught practising Bokononism are punished with death by the giant " hook.
Bokononism, founded by McCabe's accomplice Boyd Johnson ( pronounced " Bokonon " in San Lorenzan dialect ), however, is outlawed-an idea Bokonon himself conceived for the purpose of spreading the religion and making the residents of the island happier.
* Bokonon co-founded San Lorenzo ( along with Earl McCabe ) and created the religion of Bokononism, which he asked McCabe to outlaw.
* Bokononism All text from Cat's Cradle that refers to Bokononism ( including the Books of Bokonon )
Bokonon and with
In observing the interconnected lives of some of the island's most influential residents, John learns that Bokonon himself was at one point a de facto ruler of the island, along with a US Marine deserter.
They later discover a mass grave where all the surviving San Lorenzans had killed themselves with ice-nine, on the facetious advice of Bokonon.
Bokonon and when
Bokonon taught both him and Mona when they were young.
Bokonon and all
* The Books of Bokonon-a collection of all excerpts from the Books of Bokonon from Cat's Cradle
Bokonon and their
" Bokonon " was the way the natives of San Lorenzo, the fictional Caribbean island-nation where the shipwrecked Johnson started his religion, pronounced his family name in their unique dialect of English.
Bokonon and by
The book ends by his meeting a weary Bokonon, who is contemplating what the last words of The Books of Bokonon should be.
This term is used by the religious leader Bokonon to describe the way to create a good society in Cat's Cradle.
Bokonon and religion
Bokonon, a character in the novel, is the founder of the religion.
Bokonon and .
Bokonon states that if he were younger, he would have climbed to the top of Mt.
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Named for William Legge, 2nd Earl of Dartmouth — an important supporter of Eleazar Wheelock's earlier efforts but who, in fact, opposed creation of the College and never donated to it — Dartmouth is the nation's ninth oldest college and the last institution of higher learning established under Colonial rule.
Dalhousie University was first established as a non-sectarian college in 1818 by the Lieutenant-Governor of Nova Scotia, George Ramsay, 9th Earl of Dalhousie, whom the university was named after.
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Originally named Arlington in honor of Charles Fitzroy, Earl of Arlington, this town was one of those established in 1733 by Colonial Governor Jonathan Belcher as protection for the Massachusetts border at the Connecticut River.
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Thomas Osborne, 1st Duke of Leeds | Thomas Osborne, Earl of Danby ( 1631-1712 ), who became Charles II's main adviser following the fall of the Cabal Ministry, and who drew support from former Cavaliers and the supporters of the established Church of England.
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