Friday, May 1, 2009

Cat's Cradle

Comments-
1. "We talked about religious people who had perversions."
2. " We were both talking about a lot of things."
3. "He never got any committee, never played any game, never took any girl out..."
4. "You know, he was always acting like he was on his way between two secret places and couldn't ever talk to anybody."
5. "He wasn't on anything, said Sandra scornfully."
Questions-
1. What did religious perversions have to do with the bomb?
2. Why did Dr. Breed feel that Dr. Hoenikker couldn't be supervised?
3. What did Dr. Breed mean by Dr. Hoenikker was between two places?
4. Why didn't Dr. Hoenikker show up for the commencement?
Vocabulary-
1. Commencement- an act or instance of commencing.
2. Gropingly- moving or going about clumsily or hesitantly.
3. Hesitatingly- to be reluctant or wait to act because of fear, indecision, or disinclination.
Literary Terms-
1. Setting- The General Forge and Foundry Company.
2. Exposition- the author speaks with Dr. Breed who was Dr. Hoenikker's supervisor.
Outline-
1. Speaking with Dr. Breed, the author hears about how no-one could control Dr. Hoenikker. Heaso finds out that the Dr. was not responsible enough to show up as commencement speaker.

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