Jason’s mother tried to find the massacre as it was foretold in the prophecies of Nostradamus:
“Hey Nostradamus! Did you predict that once we found the Promised Land we’d all start offing each other? And did you predict that once we found the Promised Land, it would be the final Promised Land, and there’d never be another one again? And if you were such a good clairvoyant, why didn’t you just write things straight out? What’s with all the stupid rhyming quatrains? Thanks for nothing." (Coupland 91-2)
This is the first and only time in the novel that Nostradamus is mentioned. As I was reading the book, I always questioned what the significance of the title was. Upon further research, I heard that Nostradamus made predictions of the future, and based on the context of the quote above, he must have had some foretelling of a shooting.
This photo is of one of Nostradamus’ prophecies: 2012. Only time will tell if this prediction has any truth to it.
Picture from: http://tinyurl.com/3rhbun3
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