Kurt's Mockery
Cat's Cradle is intertwined with irony and parody, but it is necessary to recognize the hidden suggestions of Vonnegut's humor. Although Vonnegut clearly meant for his readers to laugh while reading his book, Cat's Cradle is not only a playful story through human characteristics. Hidden in Vonnegut's playful humor is a clear-headed explanation of the threat in the combination of human stupidity and lack of concern with humankind's technological ability for mass destruction.The twentieth century added a growing pace of scientific discovery and engineering to a preexisting mix of religious, class and international conflict. Although industrial and scientific discovery offered millions of people a better standard of living, it also produce
Felix's ignored children also seem fairly harmless at first. With first intention, Newt, Angela, and Frank simply want to be happy. However, their apparently innocent attempt to gain an impossible happiness leads to the destruction of life on earth. Vonnegut portrays this attempt as being neither simple, nor basically ethical, as it is generally apparent to be. Like their father, the Hoenikkers lack the wicked intent usually associated with people labeled as "evil." Instead, they are careless, sometimes unconcerned, often stupid, and in the end caught up in their own lives. In Cat's Cradle, Vonnegut displays that these traits, none of them evil, combined with man's technological power are enough to destroy the world. Recorded history i
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