Study Guide to Cat's Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut

Ray Moore's Study Guides aim to provide readers with insights into important texts, so that the reader can develop their own thoughts and ideas about the text.Cat's Cradle is Kurt Vonnegut's satirical black comedy of a world gone crazy enough to destroy itself.This guide offers the reader insight into Vonnegut's attack on religion, science, politics, patriotism, parenting - in fact, on everything that he saw as contributing to the world's problems in the second half of the twentieth century.Includes: - An introduction - A detailed discussion of characters, genre, narrative voice, and themes; - A chapter-by-chapter commentary, with helpful explanatory notes, and guiding questions that suggest topics for further discussion and thought; - Summary notes that concisely bring together the main points of the novel; - A graphic organizer that allows the reader to make concise notes; - A glossary of relevant literary terms; - A literary terms activity - Suggestions for group discussion and post-reading activities.