Catch-22

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Summary: Humbly Report, Sir, Yossarian Lives!!!
Review: Strange that any one book should provoke such a wide range of reactions in this electronic see it on television get it off the computer the book is dead age but let me add my 5 stars to the mix and say that Catch-22 is one of the greatest books I've ever read. In my bookcase by an alphabetical coincidence Heller is next to Hasek and it has always seemed to me to be a very appropriate pairing: John Yossarian and Jozef Svejk, the two great antiheroes of the 20th century, both gamely trying to stay alive despite the best efforts of boneheaded superiors to kill them for the greater glory of whatever the cause du jour is. For those who dont like the narrative style I suggest Hemingway's A Farewell to Arms, which is easier to read and is also antiwar; for those who don't like the politics of Catch-22, well, what can I say? You either get the joke or you don't. There is a word for people like you: Nately

"How old are you? "I'll be 20 next July," Nately said. "If you live," the old man said. (or something to that effect; I'm quoting from memory)

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Summary: Great noveel, unlike anyother
Review: a "must" book for everyone who's ever been to an army. Describing all the injustice and horroble logic in the army. I read it in the army and had a great time.

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Summary: Scary and funny at the same time, recommended to all.
Review: This is a truly excellent book. Not only does it entertain the reader with its mentally deranged characters, it actually has an important message. Everyone can relate to at least one character in this convincing anti-war novel. Joseph Heller knew what he was talking about. I recommend this to anyone who is not a big fan of reading (because it will change your opinion); it is a very satisfying read.

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Summary: Response to a less then stellar reader
Review: 1) the military is evil, (2) any person in the military is an idiot, and (3) any person who mocks the military is heroic

No, the book doesn;t say this at all. what it does talk about is, amoung others, the stupidity of war and the ballance between indeviduality and duty.

Don't foget, the heor of the novel is a Captain in the AF. He flys 70 fight missions. It's not a book against the military, it's a book against power freaks.

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Summary: 60's trash
Review: Anybody mind if I break up the love-fest for this piece of anti-establishment drivel? Get serious folks. The premise of this book is based on three assumptions, all incorrect, which are as follows: (1) the military is evil, (2) any person in the military is an idiot, and (3) any person who mocks the military is heroic.

Please. This type of thinking went out with flower power and tie-dyed t-shirts. Get with the times, people. Vietnam is over.

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Summary: Impossible to write a book better than this
Review: If I was allowed to read only one book in my whole life it would be Catch 22.

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Summary: There is nothing, will ever be anything, like Catch-22
Review: This is the most powerful, most important, most inspiring and hypnotic novel ever written. When you read Mr. Heller's work, you are waxed into the setting and see-saw back and forth between the same pivotal scenes over and over again--living life the way that Yossarian does. For anyone that dislikes this novel, I recommend watching the movie one time. It will resolve some of the questions I have seen in other people's reviews.

I do not recommend watching the movie INSTEAD of reading the book. That would be giving up one of the most powerful experiences a person can ever have with the written word.

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Summary: Impossible to write a book better than this.
Review: If I was allowed to read only one book in my whole life, it would be Catch-22.

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Summary: One of the greatest books ever!
Review: The perfect anti-war novel with the everyman Yossarian as the protagonist. I enjoyed this book from cover to cover and it was one of the most witty, intelligent, and odd novels I have ever read. A classic for all time, it was a wonderful read.

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Summary: LAUGH OUT LOUD FUNNY.
Review: Satirical farce about the insanities of the Military. I do not think it is as much anti war as it is anti military. The characters are insanely funny - Yossarian, Orr, Major Major, Milo, Doc Daneeka, The Chaplain, Hungry Joe. This should be required reading at the military acadamies.

It rate this book in the top five of American fiction. Compares favorably with Huckleberry Finn as far as enjoyment level with undercurrent themes.