# Religion and Cynicism in My Brilliant Career

> Theme guide for My Brilliant Career by Miles Franklin.

Sybylla's crisis of faith and eventual atheism reflect her broader disillusionment; she prays without answer and concludes there is no God, contributing to her profound sense of isolation and despair.

## Where it surfaces

- [Disjointed Sketches and Grumbles](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/my_brilliant_career_se/chapters/v-disjointed-sketches-and-grumbles): Sybylla questions God's justice in allowing animals to suffer, reflecting a cynical view of religious explanations for suffering.
- [VII: Was E’er a Rose Without Its Thorn?](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/my_brilliant_career_se/chapters/vii-was-e-er-a-rose-without-its-thorn): Sybylla's struggle with atheism, her failed attempts to find God, and her cynical view of the world and its injustices.
- [Self Analysis](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/my_brilliant_career_se/chapters/self-analysis): Sybylla grapples with atheism, desperately seeking God but finding only silence, which plunges her into melancholy and cynicism.

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