Cat’s Cradle

Cat’s Cradle

by

Kurt Vonnegut

Cat’s Cradle: Chapter 53 Summary & Analysis

Summary
Analysis
Angela shows John a picture of her playing the clarinet, and then one of her “strikingly handsome” husband, Harrison C. Conners, who is the president of Fabri-Tek, a secret government tech developer. Harrison, Angela tells John, sought her out after Dr. Hoenikker died. They married two weeks later.
Vonnegut clearly implies here—as is confirmed later—that Conners was tasked with marrying Angela in order to get access to ice-nine.
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