CAT'S CRADLE 5,4,3,2,1 pgs. 109-119

5 comments

• Twinkle twinkle little star was interpreted into San Lorenzan dialect.
• They were on the plane and were talking about inhabitants or natives of Indiana.
• Then it goes on to say that they are your fellow hoosiers.
• There weren't any short sayings in this section of the book.
• On page 110 the title of the chapter is something that is said throughout the chapter.

4 questions

• Why were they upset that there were inhabitants or natives of Indiana on the plane?
• Does this mean he was a hoosier as well?
• Is this book taking place during Christmas time?
• Why does everyone talk about past stories?

3 vocabulary

• hoosier: native or inhabitant of Indiana
• shrewdly: piercing, keen
• plexiglass: light transparent weather resistant

2 literary

• "that glass was to him what a fishbowl would be to a normal man" (pg. 111)
• "What she had trapped like fossil beetles in amber" (pg. 114)

1 overview

• about the plane ride, and her wanting to be called mom, and talking about their dad.