Felix Hoenikker, “one of the so-called ‘Fathers’ of the first atomic bomb” and a primary research character is his book are a part of his “karass” (Vonnegut 12). As such, John reaches out to the youngest of the three, Newt, and asks him to detail what he remembered of his father’s actions on the day the atomic bomb was dropped, to which Newt responds by writing that “[he was] playing with a loop of string… making the cat’s cradle was the closest I ever saw my father come to playing…he had never played with me before…he hardly ever even spoken to me” ( Vonnegut 16). Consequently, this direct quotation from the story helps to shed light onto what sort of man Hoenikker was: a man who was often too caught up in work to have fun or to even play with his children, a point strengthened later in the
Felix Hoenikker, “one of the so-called ‘Fathers’ of the first atomic bomb” and a primary research character is his book are a part of his “karass” (Vonnegut 12). As such, John reaches out to the youngest of the three, Newt, and asks him to detail what he remembered of his father’s actions on the day the atomic bomb was dropped, to which Newt responds by writing that “[he was] playing with a loop of string… making the cat’s cradle was the closest I ever saw my father come to playing…he had never played with me before…he hardly ever even spoken to me” ( Vonnegut 16). Consequently, this direct quotation from the story helps to shed light onto what sort of man Hoenikker was: a man who was often too caught up in work to have fun or to even play with his children, a point strengthened later in the