"Canticle For Leibowitz" by Arthur M. Miller Jr.

Walter Miller, in the novel A Canticle For Leibowitz, mocks the way we are as humans, particularly in those ways that lead to regressive thinking. The novel pokes fun at the attention to impractical details, such as to the spent copying the Leibowitz blueprints. Miller also mocks humans by describing the inordinate amount of attention and energy given to a spiritual being such as Leibowitz, as today's society worships God. Finally, the most absurd way …

…could not exist. The monks gave too much attention to canonizing Leibowitz. We fail to look past these things, like the Monks, and wonder if they really exist. We also realize our society thinks too regressively and do not think ahead when we make a decision. Instead we let the spur of the moment determine our decisions in most cases. The monks also did this when the failed to offer adequate protection for Brother Francis.