The history left by Philip's Father

Philip castle told Johnah the story of his father and how his father left the hospital to him. The passage of the story of Philips dad, " So some people got free furniture, and some people got bubonic plague. At Father's hospital, we had fourteen hundred deaths inside of ten days. Have you ever seen anyone die of bubonic plague? That unhappiness has not been mine. The lymph glands in the groin and the armpits swell to the size of grapefruit. I can well believe it." (Cat's Cradle pg 111) His father had gotten free furniture and he had put them in his hospital not thinking why he was given it for free. This was his first downfall of his hospital, if science advancements were more advanced he may have been able to save these people. To be human in this sense is to help others and not let them die, but when a person doesn't save a patient he/she may go crazy. In the next quote the reader sees how death can affect a person, "Oh, yes. Anyway, one sleepless night I stayed up with Father while he worked. It was all we could do to find a live patient to treat. In bed after bed after bed we found dead people. "And Father started giggling, "castle continued. "He couldn't stop. He walked out into the night with his flashlight. He was still giggling. He was making the flashlight beam dance over all the dead people stacked outside. He put his hand on my head, and do you know what that marvelous man said to me?" asked Castle. "Nope." "Son," my father said to me, 'someday this will be yours." (Cat's Cradle pg 112) This excerpt from Cat's Cradle is freaky, the thought of a kid walking around with his Dad seeing all these dead bodies. And you then notice your Father laughing and giggling would freak the hell out of me. The imagery from this quote gives me the chill the dead bodies, the dancing flashlight made by his Dad, and the last part of saying that all of this will be his. If this was me I would not take this job at the hospital and follow his dad foot steps. This is what he did though, Philip Castle did not follow in his Father footsteps, instead he went to make a hotel. And maybe because Philip is a Bokononist he did not take the job because he knows that everything he does will not affect the world for a greater purpose. What would have happened if people didnt believe in bokononist and thought about science? I think the people would have better lives, according to this book science is a way to discover new ways to better peoples lives, and if this is true the incident with the bubonic plague may not happen ever again. The rejection of science is because the religion the people of San Lorenzo believes.