Cat's Cradle | Teaching Key Figures

Character Descriptions

This section provides a short description of all the major characters in the book. This can be printed out as a study guide for students, used as a "key" for leading a class discussion, or you can jump to the quiz/homework section to find worksheets that incorporate these descriptions into a variety of question formats.

Characters

John - Although he ridicules materialistic and pompous Americans throughout the novel, he shares in privilege himself, as a Cornell graduate and fraternity member.

He is working on a novel called The Day the World Ended, about the events of August 6, 1945. He is detailing the events surrounding the U.S. dropping a nuclear bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima. his non-fiction work brings him in contact with the Hoenikker family and eventually takes him to San Lorenzo, where he becomes a convert to the Bokonon religion.

Franklin Hoenikker...
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