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Cat's Cradle (1963) : by Kurt Vonnegut
Cat's Cradle (1963) : by Kurt Vonnegut
by Kurt Vonnegut
Jelea Alexandra
Pușcaș Ana-Paula
Susarenco Teodora
Romanian-English group, 3rd year
KURT VONNEGUT
(1922 - 2007)
● american novelist
● short-story writer
● dramatist
● essayist
● scriptwriter
CAT’S CRADLE (1963)
TRUTH
PROGRESS
Some characters lie to themselves for happiness, like a child pretending to see the cat and
the cradle because they enjoy the game.
Will you be one of the people who accept and find truth in the lie or will you shrug the story off as just
another bit of fiction?
themes
The Danger of Technological Science Destruction of the human race
The truth= Science (for Papa Monzano)