Cat's Cradle

Comments-
1. This book was to be an account of what important Americans had done on the day when the first atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima, Japan.
2. It was going to be a Christian book. He was a Christian then and now is a Bokonist.
3. Bokonon simply observes that such investigations are bound to be incomplete.
4. He does not intend that this book be a tract on behalf of Bokononism.
5. Anyone unable to understand how useful religion can be unfounded on lies will not understand this book either.
Questions-
1.Why did the author feel this book was so important to know what some Americans did on the day that the first atomic bomb was dropped?
2. Why did the author collect material for a book to be called The Day the World Ended?
3. What is a Bokononist?
4. What did the author mean by "all of the true things I am about to tell you are shameless lies?"
Vocabulary-
1. Bokononism- Is the fictional religion practiced by characters in Cat's Cradle.
2. Tract- An expanse or area of land, water, or region.
3. Heirs- A person who inherits or has a right of inheritance in the property of another following the latter's death.
Literary Terms-
1. Setting- Indianapolis, Indiana.
2. Exposition- The author talks about the first atomic bomb.
Outline-
1. The author talks about the first atomic bomb and how his religion changed from Christianity to Bokononist. He also talks about who he wants to get information from. He wants to get information from relatives of the man responsible for making the bomb.