Cat's Cradle

Comments-
1. “Maybe he really did have a very rich secret life like how I suggested.”
2. “My soul seemed as foul as smoke from burning cat fur.”
3. “I think you’ll find, said Dr. Breed, that everybody does the same amount of thinking.”
4. “Then I’m dumber than an eight year-old boy, Miss Pefko mourned. I don’t even know what a charlatan is.”
5. “That old man with spotted hands invited me to think of the several ways in which cannonballs might be stacked on a courthouse lawn.”
Questions-
1. What was the secret life that the author was suggesting?
2. What was the significance of Ilium’s history to the atom bomb?
3. Why did Dr. Hoenikker abandon his car in the street and why didn’t he want it anymore?
4. How did the accident affect Emily’s pelvis so that she died when Newton was born?
Vocabulary-
1. Delinquency-failure in or neglect of duty or obligation.
2. Dulcitude-sweetness.
3. Chalatan-a person who pretends to more knowledge or skill than he or she possesses.
Literary Terms-
1. Setting- Dr. Breed’s office.
2.Exposition- The author talks about Dr. Hoenikker’s secret life as well as some of his bizarre behavior, some of which led to his wife’s accident leading to her death.
Outline-
1. Dr. Hoenikker had a strange way of thinking and doing things. He abandoned his car and told the police to keep it. His wife had to retrieve the car which ultimately led to her death.