Cat's Cradle

Comments-
1. The first of his heirs to be touched by sinookas was Newton Hoenikker, the youngest of his three children and the younger of his two sons.
2. "I realize that you were very young when the bomb was dropped, which is all to the good."
3." You don't have to worry about style or form."
4. "Just give me the bare bones of your story."
5. "I will, of course, submit the final version to you for your approval prior to publication."
Question-
1. How accurate was the information supposed to be from the six year old boy?
2. Why did the author choose to write about the bomb on Hiroshima and not Nagasaki?
3. Why did the father only want to work in Ilium?
4. What was the importance of the string and where it came from?
Vocabulary-
1. Sinookas- The tendrils of one's life.
2. Recollections- The act or power of recollecting, or recalling to mind; remembrance.
3. Spiraea- Any of various plants or shrubs belonging to the genus Spiraea, of the rose family, having clusters of small, white or pink flowers, certain species of which are cultivated as ornamentals.
Literary Terms-
1. Setting- Ilium, NY.
2. Exposition- The author writes to the youngest son of the bomb maker for information.
Outline-
1. The author writes to the family of the bomb maker and gets a response from the youngest son. He tells the author that he doesn't remember much because he was only six. He also tells him to contact his older sister as she was more aware of what happened that day.