Cat's Cradle (chapter 1)

Comment
-He use number of wife and cigarettes to dicribe how long of ago hes talking about when he refer on his childhood.
-he wanted to be a writer or write a book.
-his book was to inform people on the importance of the atomic bomb when it hit Hiroshima.
-he was a christian.
-he was a bokonist and he believe that humanity was organized into teams that does god's will.

Question
-what does he mean by " my paents did, or nearly did" call him jonah.
-why did he wanted to write a book?
-what is a bokonon?
-is thia book talking about a book that jonah never got to finish or about jonah life?

Vocabulary
-Conveyances: the act of conveying; transmission; communication.
-Factual:of or pertaining to facts; concerning facts: factual accuracy.
-Bokononist: It is based on living by the untruths that make one happy.

overview
-In this chaper it talks about how he wanted to write a book when he was younger but never got a chance to finished it.

The Planets (5,4,3,2,1)

Comments:
-She use quotes and explains it when he telling the story
-There are to many ways that people believe about "the beginning of the world"
-Energy that leaves the stars converts into heat and light
-There always new start waiting to replace a died out star
-the sunlight travels at a speed off 180,000 miles per second

Question:
-why do we have dark space between the sun and the earth even thought that the sun's sunlight is being pass though it?
-why don't the sun move?
-Why do the sun and the moon look like the same size from earth?
-Does the moon move too?

Vocab:
aggrandized- to widen in scope; increase in size or intensity; enlarge; extend
bombardment- to attack or batter with artillery fire
reminiscent- awakening memories of something similar; suggestive (usually fol. by of)

Literary terms:

Overview:
She talks about the planets and the sun.She explain how the world being in science reason.

"The Planets" (5,4,3,2,1)

Comments:
-She got interested on the solar system when she was 3 years old
-In every planets the gravity pole is different
-Different planets have different numbers of day in a year
-The number of the planets are old, unlike any major think
-they couldn't decide if Pluto was a planet or a star

Question:
-Why is the number of the planets 9?
-what was so fascinating about the planets that made her into it?
-Why do different planets have different number of moons?
-why do some people consider Pluto not a planet?

Vocab:
aberrations-A deviation from the proper or expected course
purportedly-reputed or claimed
simultaneously-existing, occurring, or operating at the same time; concurrent:

Literary terms:
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Overview
-she is basically just tell u how she start to learn about the planets and gave basic information bout planets like gravity and number of days