In the first chapter, “Welcome,” Wilson establishes his ongoing metaphor of earth and life being like a tilt-a-whirl, ferris wheel, or fair (in essence, wildly spinning and not within our control). In the second, “Tickets, Please,” he examines a few major categories of philosophical and scientific opinions regarding existence then proceeds to make fun of them, while also detailing the vast amount of detail in the world that would, according to him, require an all-powerful and all-wonderful deity to create. In the third, “Breathing Characters,” the author compares life to a story or a stage play directed by God (reminiscent of Shakespeare’s ‘all the world’s a stage’ monologue from As You Like It). Chapter four, “Talking Rocks,” covers concepts
