Cat's Cradle by Kurt Vonngut Blog #3

Whenever Dr. Felix Hoenikker decided on working on something he would think that anything is possible. In the name of science he had many experiments and could possibly make anything imaginable. One of his “projects” was ice-nine which was suggested. The idea of ice-nine seems impossible especially in the size that Dr. Felix Hoenikker later created it in. The idea of ice-nine was to help solidify all wet or watery substances within a distance. Applied to the wrong area in theory the entire world’s water supplies can freeze over. The work of Dr. Felix Hoenikker is usually good but may be used before they are able to figure out the ramifications of their actions. I think that it was better for society that Dr. Felix Hoenikker has died since he won’t have to do any more research that could possibly end the world for real. There is foreshadowing in the book, people telling Jonah that Dr. Felix Hoenikker was not dead, that shows how he may not be dead.