Cat's Cradle Flashcards
What does Bokonon mean by “God never wrote a good play in His Life”?
No crazy drama.
How does Newt imply Frank got his job?
Ice-nine to government, bigger than atomic bomb.
What does Frank ironically identify himself as?
Pure-clean up problem. Even though he is kind of his problem to start with.
How does Frank rationalize his actions (what does he accuse Newt and Angela of)?
Everyone else did morals rationization.
What is a pool-pah?
Wrath of God war.
Who, according to the author, now has ice-nine?
Russia, America, Cold War.
How does Angela acquit Newt of his “crime”?
She stole it, not his choice to give it up. Rationalized.
Why was a pot filled with solid ice-nine at the time of the Felix Hoenikker’s death?
Sitting on stove melting ice nine and unmalting it.
How did the dog die?
Wipe up mess father made licking it and died.
What did the Hoenikker children do with the dog?
Put it in the oven.
What does Minton say, in addition to the soldiers that fell during war, should be remembered at the memorial?
The bad stuff that lead to war in the first place.
What happened to the “castle”?
Blown up by 6 air planes one stops and hits it and other castle falls down and bad stuff started happening.
Who were trapped on the castle?
Crosby’s.
What, according to the author, killed the Mintons?
Good manners, wouldn’t jump off, etc.
What happens to “Papa”?
He dies, ice-nine in the sea.
What happened to the sky when the sea turned into ice-nine?
Tornado’s in the sky.
What does H. Lowe Crosby yell out at the sight of the tornadoes?
American, American.
To where does the author (along with and Mona) escape?
Dugan hole.
What do they find?
There for them, food, electric, knew it was going to happen.
What does the author believe is happening outside the oubliette?
Picking up ice-nine carrying to the sea.
What “crystal clear” meaning does Bokonon provide about identity?
Need to be who we are. Basically moving about fate.
Think of the circumstances of the author in the oubliette. How is this similar to the story of Noah?
Marriage, crazy stuff is going on, sex pregnant bringing baby into all the chaos. World’s ending, only people alive.
How many days does the author (and Mona) stay in the oubliette total?
7 days, a full week.
How has the landscape changed?
Everything is white and blue. Permanent winter.
Why were the people in the bowl all dead?
Bokonon told where they were.
Why did Mona die?
Looks at author, Mona stopped herself.
Who else, other than the author, has survived?
Crosby’s, and Newt’s.
How did the Crosby’s survive?
Taxi, they found themselves a taxi.
How do the survivors live?
Food is all left, go out fire burn some ice and there it is.
How did the ants survive?
Find ice-nine but bodies around it, heat water melts and drinks and got food under ice.
How did Frank “grow up”?
Sees something bigger than himself, grown up.
Why does Frank get madder and madder when the author mentions that “God had taught” the ants how to make water?
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Why does the author leave Frank?
Real nice friend, puissant.
Why is Newt a Bokononist?
Only religion that talks about midgets.
How did Julian and Philip Castle die?
Truth, went out and helped people.
How did Angela die?
Plays her clarinet, covered in ice-nine.
What is Bokonon during?
Bring last words.
