Catch-22 by Joseph Heller is a war novel set in Italy about a bombardier named John Yossarian. Yossarian is trapped in the military because of a paradoxical bureaucratic rule called “Catch-22.” Although strangers are constantly trying to kill him, the main problem for Yossarian is the fact that his colonel consistently raises the number of missions men must fly before they can be discharged. Whenever Yossarian gets close to completing them, the amount raises. This leads to Yossarian faking or exaggerating illnesses, such as liver ailment and appendicitis, in order to stay in the hospital and escape the war. This is a great book about the weak being conned by corrupt authority and I recommend it to anyone who wants to learn about World War
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by Ryohgo Narita. One of the similarities of Catch-22 and Baccano! is neither stories are told in chronological order. Another thing they have in common is how the plot always leads back to a specific subject. In Catch-22, the narrative always leads back to Yossarian while in Baccano!, completely unrelated characters inevitably meet each other. They also have a huge quantity of characters. Catch-22 is similar to a book another called The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams. This is because they both frequently use black comedy and talk about how the government and military can dehumanize humans. The way the author wrote made this a challenging book. This is because the narrator tells the story in a non-chronological order and rarely indicates flashbacks causing one to reread sentences or paragraphs. The dialogue regularly jumps from one statement to another, often ending with a distorted message making it hard to keep up with the conversations. There is also a lot of characters making it difficult keep track of who is who. I believe the reason he wrote this book was to tell the reader war is illogical and completely unnecessary. I think this because when this book was written, the Americans saw the war as a good thing, completely ignoring the fact that millions died in it. This book made people realize World War II was an inhumane event which was completely different from the romanticized version they were
by Ryohgo Narita. One of the similarities of Catch-22 and Baccano! is neither stories are told in chronological order. Another thing they have in common is how the plot always leads back to a specific subject. In Catch-22, the narrative always leads back to Yossarian while in Baccano!, completely unrelated characters inevitably meet each other. They also have a huge quantity of characters. Catch-22 is similar to a book another called The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams. This is because they both frequently use black comedy and talk about how the government and military can dehumanize humans. The way the author wrote made this a challenging book. This is because the narrator tells the story in a non-chronological order and rarely indicates flashbacks causing one to reread sentences or paragraphs. The dialogue regularly jumps from one statement to another, often ending with a distorted message making it hard to keep up with the conversations. There is also a lot of characters making it difficult keep track of who is who. I believe the reason he wrote this book was to tell the reader war is illogical and completely unnecessary. I think this because when this book was written, the Americans saw the war as a good thing, completely ignoring the fact that millions died in it. This book made people realize World War II was an inhumane event which was completely different from the romanticized version they were