Cat's Cradle Book Review

Cats Cradle is a short book unhindered by lengthy exposition or world building there is no wasted space at all and the rich intelligent dialogue combined with brief chapters means that many people could read this in one or two sittings.

Cat's cradle book review. However as the narrators mind changes about whether hes going to actually write this book or not the story itself changes. Cats Cradle is only for the light of heart and those who will see the humor present in the terrible events and lively people described within. Cats Cradle starts out with our narrator Jonah working on a book about Felix Hoenikker a fictional scientist and equally the fictional father of the atomic bomb.

It requires a lot of understanding of symbolism and good connection skills. Cats Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut In my quest to read all of Vonneguts works in the order they were written my next stop on the ride was Cats Cradle. Its a classic and Im a bit embarrassed that I had never read it until now.

It was one of his earlier publications iirc. The payoff is usually in terms of world-building but Cats Cradles world is ridiculous and constantly absurd emphasizing its bizarreness. Like the game of cats cradle itself where Newt points out there is no cat and there is no cradle life religion and everything else are false and meaningless.

Rosewater and Breakfast of Champions Oct 102015 In the wake of among other things several mass shootings that have paralyzed the nation one could reasonably argue that there is little to laugh about in the current political and social climate. Cats Cradle is a whole new level of weird. Cats Cradle is an irreverent and often highly entertaining fantasy concerning the playful irresponsibility of nuclear scientists.

John wrote this narrative Cats Cradle as a record of what had occurred while Newt painted Hazel sewed Lowe cooked and Frank studied ants. To this day I still do not understand the deep meaning and symbolism behind it. The writer of Cats Cradle divided the book into 127 chapters it of each chapter is significant to each from the paragraphs which come within the chapter.

As you are reading it doesnt take long to start reflecting on life hope and the future. Review Cats Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut. Cats Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.