Cat's Cradle can most readily be described as a book about the end of the world, and Vonnegut tells this by using his cynical, yet comical ways.
Cat's Cradle revolves around the narrator, 'Jonah', and his adventures with his attempt to write a book about some Americans' reactions to the bombing of Hiroshima. Of course, things do not turn out the way he had expected they would, on account of his encounter with a small Caribbean island called San Lorenzo, and its inhabitants.Though its chapters are mostly only a page long, this doesn't break the flow, and leaves constant cliffhangers that are complimented by the utterly genius delivery.
Cory -- the opening sentence here works well and the ideas expressed in the last sentence are quite good as well. In the middle, some of the word choices or perhaps sentence structure make ideas more difficult to follow. For instance: "Of course, things do not turn out the way he had expected they would, on account of his encounter with a small Caribbean island called San Lorenzo, and its inhabitants." This is tough to follow the idea thread here. Maybe one more sentence could help clarify the plot a bit more? It's on the short side so you have more words you could use.
ReplyDeleteI want to read this book -- I have heard that it's great!
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