WELCOME TO THE COOLEST CAT S CRADLE REVIEW GAME WHERE EVERYTHING IS MEANINGFUL AND NECESSARY TO YOUR GENERAL KNOWLEDGE, AND YOU WILL WALK AWAY FEELING AS THOUGH YOU ENCOUNTERED A GAME THAT DOES HAVE AN END AND DOES NOT MAKE YOU FEEL AS THOUGH YOUR EXISTENCE IS FUTILE. Characters Bokononist Terminology Speakers Plot Whatever I feel like, but mostly major ideas Oh, Vonnie, you little satirist, you. 100 100 100 100 100 100 200 200 200 200 200 200 300 300 300 300 300 300 400 400 400 400 400 400 500 500 500 500 500 500
A BUG TORMENTOR.
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HE IS PRESIDENT OF FABRI-TEK, A DRUNK, AND AN INFIDEL.
HARRISON C. CONNERS Back
ORIGINALLY NAMED LIONEL BOYD JOHNSON.
BOKONON. Back
THE NIHILIST WHO DESTROYS JOHN'S NYC APARTMENT AND WRITES A DISPOSE-ALL POEM IN FECES.
SHERMAN KREBBS. Back
THESE 6 PEOPLE SURVIVE ON THE ISLAND OF SAN LORENZO, AND ARE ALIVE AT THE VERY END.
JOHN, FRANK, NEWT, H. LOWE CROSBY, HAZEL CROSBY, & BOKONON Back
Bokononism is based entirely on these.
FOMA(S) (HARMLESS UNTRUTHS). Back
THE MINTONS WERE A KARASS OF 2.
DUPRASS. Back
JOHN IS ONE; HE WANTS ALL OF MONA S LOVE.
SIN-WAT (GREEDY LOVER). Back
MINGLING OF AWARENESS: SOUL AND SOLE.
BOKO-MARU. Back
IF YOU WISH TO STUDY THIS, JUST REMOVE THE SKIN OF A TOY BALLOON.
GRANFALLOON (A FALSE KARASS). Back
THE THING I LIKE IS THAT THEY ALL SPEAK ENGLISH AND THEY RE ALL CHRISTIANS. THAT MAKES THINGS SO MUCH EASIER.
HAZEL CROSBY. Back
YOU ARE COMING TO THE BEST FRIEND AMERICA HAS EVER HAD. AMERICA IS MISUNDERSTOOD MANY PLACES, BUT NOT HERE, MR. AMBASSADOR.
PAPA MONZANO Back
NO WONDER KIDS GROW UP CRAZY. A CAT S CRADLE IS NOTHING BUT A BUNCH OF X S BETWEEN SOMEBODY S HANDS, AND LITTLE KIDS LOOK AND LOOK AT ALL THOSE X S
NEWT. Back
YOU CAN QUOTE ME: MAN IS VILE, AND MAN MAKES NOTHING WORTH MAKING, KNOWS NOTHING WORTH KNOWING.
JULIAN CASTLE Back
MATURITY, THE WAY I UNDERSTAND IT, IS KNOWING WHAT YOUR LIMITATIONS ARE.
FRANK. Back
DAILY DOUBLE
THE 2 SETTINGS OF THE NOVEL'S PLOT.
ILIUM, NY AND SAN LORENZO. Back
IT BROUGHT BOKONON TO THE ISLAND OF SAN LORENZO.
THE LADY SLIPPER, OR THE GOLDEN BOAT. Back
EACH HOENNIKER CHILD TRADED THIS FOR A CHIP OF ICE-9.
ANGELA = HARRISON C. CONNERS, A HUSBAND. NEWT = A WEEKEND W/ ZINKA. FRANK = A JOB IN SAN LORENZO Back
BEFORE LEAVING FOR SAN LORENZO, JOHN FINDS WHAT HE NOW REFERS TO AS HIS VIN- DIT (SUDDEN, PERSONAL SHOVE TOWARDS BOKONONISM) AT THIS PERSON S SHOP.
MARVIN BREED. Back
THIS INSANE ELEVATOR OPERATOR DISPLAYS A WISE KNOWLEDGE OF RE- SEARCH AND REGARDS THE HOENIKKERS AS BABIES FULL OF RABIES.
LYMAN ENDERS KNOWLES. Back
BOKONON REGARDS THIS AS USELESS TO WRITE DOWN BECAUSE HUMANS REFUSE TO LEARN FROM THEIR MISTAKES.
HISTORY/THE PAST. Back
THE CAUSE OF EMILY S DEATH.
WRECKED CAR CAUSING PELVIC DAMAGE AND COMPLICATIONS DURING BIRTH DELIVERY OF NEWT Back
MINTON S SPEECH AT THE HUNDRED MARTYRS TO DEMOCRACY IS AN EXCELLENT EXAMPLE OF THE EXCESSIVE FUTILITY OF THIS MAJOR TOPIC OF CONSIDERATION WITHIN THE NOVEL AS IT IS AN ILLUSION.
PATRIOTISM/NATIONALISM/MILITARISM Back
THIS IS OVERRATED, AND VONNEGUT DOES NOT BELIEVE THOSE ACCOUNTABLE FOR IT UNDERSTAND ITS LIMITATIONS AND THEIR RESPONSIBILITY TO THE WORLD.
SCIENCE. Back
VONNGUT ASKS US TO CONSIDER WHETHER THE IDEA OF THIS IS A LIE, AND IF IT IS, IS THAT A BAD THING? CAN IT STILL BE USEFUL/NECESSARY?
RELIGION. Back
MUCH OF CAT S CRADLE DEALS WITH A PHILOSOPHY THAT CENTERS, MORALLY, ON HUMAN NEEDS AND INTERESTS. KURT SAID, I TRY TO BEHAVE DECENTLY WITHOUT EXPECTATIONS OF WORDS OR PUNISHMENTS AFTER I AM DEAD.
HUMANISM Back
THIS WAS THE PLACE WHERE VONNEGUT WORKED AND REALIZED HE HATES HORSE JUMPING.
SPORTS ILLUSTRATED Back
THIS TYPE OF SATIRE USES IRONY, HYPEBROLE, ETC. FOR THE BETTERMENT OF HUMAN SOCIETY, AS IT SEEKS TO CRITICIZE RATHER THAN ATTACK AND OFTEN LAUGHS AT HUMAN FOLLY.
HORATIAN SATIRE Back
DURING THIS BOMBING, VONNEGUT SURVIVED AS A P.O.W IN AN UNDERGROUND SLAUGHTERHOUSE. HE ALSO RECEIVED THIS WHEN HE RETURNED HOME AFTER THE WAR DUE TO HIS FROST BITE AND LUDICROUSLY NEGLIGIBLE WOUND
DRESDEN, GERMANY AND A PURPLE HEART Back
THIS TYPE OF HUMOR IS RIDICULE FOR NO GREATER PURPOSE THAN CHEAP LAUGHS. IT ALSO TREATS THEIR SUBJECT OFTEN RUDELY AND LUDICROUSLY.
BURLESQUE HUMOR Back