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In this book Vonnegut presents caricatures of religion, the hubris of scientists, and the dangers of technology. Jonah, the storyteller of "Cat's Cradle", is writing a book about what some people were doing when the atom bomb was dropped on Hiroshima. He focuses on the eccentric Dr. Felix Hoenikker - "father of the atomic bomb" - and his three children.
He's told that Dr. Hoenikker was playing "Cat's Cradle" with a piece of string when the bomb went off.
Jonah also learns that, when the Marines ...more
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