Cat's Cradle is a novel that satirizes science, politics, the military and human folly. John learns of a substance called "ice-nine", which freezes any water it touches at room temperature. John meets the Hoenikkers, the children of ice-nine's discoverer, and they eventually end up on the fictional island of San Lorenzo, ruled by a dictator called Papa. John becomes dictator after Papa kills himself with ice-nine. During John's inauguration, a plane crashes into the palace and Papa's body flies into the sea, causing all of the world's water to freeze.
All of the true things that I am about to tell you are shameless lies Cats Cradle Vonnegut 19 This quote is the very first line of the bible of a religion created by Kurt Vonnegut for his book Cats Cradle This bible is called the Book of Bokonon There are many religions in human civilizations each religion has its own beliefs rituals music the list goes on but they all have one thing in common they are all made up of narratives about what the world and life are and should be about For a religio