Cat's Cradle | Themes
In Cat's Cradle, Vonnegut brought together themes from his first three novels: the threat of technology from Player Piano, the question of free will from The Sirens of Titan, and the problem of communication from Mother Night.
The overriding theme of Cat's Cradle is the narrator's warning that if technological advancement continues without a concurrent growth in ethical aware- ness, annihilation of the human race is a real possibility. This, of course, parallels the biblical story of Jonah who so vividly prophesies the destruction of Nineveh...
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