Main Themes of Cat's Cradle

Published in 1963, Cat's Cradle directly reflects to the turbulent times of the United States, during post-second World War years. In Cat's Cradle, Kurt Vonnegut makes references to the scientific based system of America, in which science is the main interest of the government in the name of betterment of man. However, it does not reflect to reality, since, man has already lost his control over his life, and he is directed by science and its …

…manners, in which he also signifies that nothing has no value and no meaning for him even the living things, like a cat. According to Vonnegut, this nihilist character is also the result of the system, which is ignorant about human spirituality. In conclusion, main theme of Cat's Cradle "the destructive side of science", demonstrates it self through the portratial of America by Vonnegut, as technological, political, and spiritual wasteland, as a result of science.