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Content Warning: This section references death by suicide and sexual assault. Additionally, the source text uses outdated language, which this guide reproduces only in direct quotation.
The narrator, a middle-aged writer, introduces himself as John. When he was younger and still a Christian, he began to gather material for a book about the day the atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima, Japan. Now, John practices Bokononism, a religion from the island nation of San Lorenzo.
Quoting a calypso song from The Books of Bokonon, John explains the concept of a karass: a team of people who work together to advance God’s will without realizing that they are doing so.
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