Beginning of "Cat's Cradle"

Although the book, "Cat's Cradle", does not use any vocabulary that people don't often say in real life, or the words that high school students would refer as the "SAT words", it is still a difficult book. I have to admit that it is a great book in the sense that the author has a very special style in writing, however, that is what makes the book difficult to read.

The beginning of the book basically talked about Jonah's, or John, the narrator,
writing a book about the atomic bomb dropped in Hiroshima back in the 1945. He then sent some letters to the son, Newt, of the scientist, Felix, who made the atomic bomb, to gather information. Both John and Newt are very good at going off track. That is the main reason why it is a difficult book.

The most fascinating thing I found in the book is that the author always had something funny at the end of each chapter. Though, most of the jokes are not so easily to be understood. You might have to stop and think about it for a few seconds, then laugh. Another thing I like about the book is the character, Felix. Felix probably has one of the best personalities in all the stories I know so far. He is a very cool person, literally. All he thinks about is himself. He is not a selfish person, however, it's just that he doesn't seem to take too much account of what the others are doing. Without Felix, "Cat's Cradle" would likely be a boring book. I am guessing that he will come back more often as the story goes, because he seems like he is the cat's cradle man!