Snow Crash Themes

Language is cool—it can shape your brain from birth, and alter your brain in adulthood—and Snow Crash digs deep into its impact, exploring notions of linguistic infrastructure, glossolalia (spe...

Ah…America the Beautiful…and in the case of Snow Crash, America the Polluted, America the Fragmented, and America the Prejudiced. Neal Stephenson shows us a version of America where issues that...

Since one of the book's main characters is a programmer, you'd better believe that technology is pretty important to the plot. Without technology, Hiro would be nothing more than a sword-swinging h...

So you think you know a little something about religion. Well guess again, because Snow Crash is going to school you. The Garden of Eden may have been a political metaphor. The Tower of Babel might...

The world of Snow Crash is harsh and unforgiving. If you're lucky, your family has your back: they'll help raise and educate you, maybe send you to a university to study pizza-making, maybe even he...

In the messed-up world of Snow Crash, having money or the right connections will get you pretty far. After that—or if you're starting with nothing—you're on your own; no amount of bribery will...

Society functions because there are rules that people have to follow. Well, most of the time. What happens when those rules start to break down, and order gives way to chaos? Snow Crash gives us a...

People seem drawn to creating stereotypes. Every ethnic group makes fun of its neighbors; each religion rags on non-believers; and sexist stereotypes abound. This is evident in Snow Crash, where ch...