Catch-22
Luka Brown
Pages: 416
Author: Joseph Heller
Genre: Classic
“ You put so much stock in winning wars,” the grubby
iniquitous old man scoffed. “ The real trick lies in losing wars.” This
statement was shown in the book and for a bit I was trying to figure it out.
After some thinking I had two minds about this statement. It is not the best to
lose wars because if you lose then maybe your country would be taken over and
many things would change. On the other hand though losing can cause more bad
things then winning.
When I picked up the book again it starts off with Yossarian
in the hospital because of him not wanting to fly. He meets a soldier who is in
a full body cast and has to feed and drink through a tube. Yossarian wonders if
the soldier is even a live. When doctors start to get suspicious about
Yossarian’s health he copies a man who says he sees everything twice. Yossarian
uses this and is able to stay in the hospital. Doctors soon think that he might
die but one doesn’t believe him. Even his family thinks that he is going to
die. Later on we view the conversation between Nately and his father. Natly’s
father doesn’t like America and starts to question how long is it going to
last.
For me there are multiple themes written in the story. One minor
one is love. During the story Yossarian meets a woman who he is madly in love
with. Yossarien has to leave her because of her family. He learns that nothing can last. The author is able to intertwine
the themes into the words and lines of the book. My father loves this about the
book. It makes the story interesting.
This post is really well written. I loved your comment. I think it is really deep, and also, I think it is really true. Also I think your post is really well organized.
ReplyDeletei agree with inho, you have a really nice and clear style of writing and its easy to understand. maybe you could just label which paragraph answers the questions from blog post number 4. Maybe you could also explain a bit more about how the themes are interesting. :)
ReplyDeleteSounds like an interesting book and you wrote it really well so it was easy to follow.
ReplyDeleteGood job! You wrote your post really well! It lookes very organized, and it was really easy to read :)
ReplyDeleteThis sounds like a very interesting book, and I might want to read it soon :) Also your quotes are really interesting about losing and winning wars, and which one is the key, which one is better. Seems like you are enjoying it, and I can't wait to see what happens next!
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