In this story our character that is Jonah seems to be slipping more and more towards the idea that he himself is a prophet, or someone more in touch with God. The story of the beginning of Bokonon is similar to the story of his life in the way that events are dragging him from one place to another and at the conclusion of his travels hopefully will lie his true destiny.
Jonah's religious views hold a connection to this story that is beneath the surface. Since he is telling a story of events that occurred prior to his switch to being a Bokonist he was not acting on behalf of his beliefs but simply writing a story. The religious views are a hidden element of how he tells his story and offers the reader a sort of map that he seems to be following towards a higher meaning, what Bokonists believe as their destiny.
As he meets more members of his karass the further he gets dragged along this map that seems to be paving the road for not only his conclusion but that of the story he is telling as well. Members of his karass have introduced him to new beliefs and even historical events regarding his family (this deals with the tombstone he found in Ilium.
So hopefully at the conclusion of this story we will not only learn about the climax and conclusion of his attempted book The Day the World Ended, but we will discover what lies at the X on his map of life.
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