Cat's Cradle by Kurt Vonngut Blog #6

I feel bad for Lionel Boyd Johnson since he couldn’t get to where he wanted to go. he set out on his journey in 1911 in a ship named the Lady's Slipper. Eight miles away from his home he was stopped by a German submarine and taken by the U-99 as a prisoner. Afterwards the German boat was sunk and everybody was taken prisoner by the British ship. The British ship, The Raven was headed for the Mediterranean but lost its steering. He ended up in Cape Verde Islands for about eight months. When he finally left the vessel was blown ashore at Newport, Rode Island. Every time he tried to go to where he wanted to go to he was detoured for some reason. He then thought that there was a reason why he couldn’t go.