Ryan O'Meara: Catch-22

When I first looked at the summer reading list this year, I first thought I didn't want to read any of the books listed, but when I looked into the books further I knew immediately I would enjoy reading Catch-22. The thing I liked most about Catch-22 was the fact that it was based on World War Two. I am very interested in World War Two, and Catch-22 gave a different view point on the war than other books I had read in the past. The dialogue is very well thought out and witty. I thought that some portions of the book were a quite complicated and hard to follow, but eventually the pieces fell into place. My favorite parts of the book were the common occurrences with the "Catch-22's". A Catch-22 is any catch that keeps someone from getting something done. The main character Yossarian runs into these many times through out the book, and they seem to cause him a lot of trouble. One even keeps Yossarian from being grounded, even though he is crazy. Overall I liked Catch-22 and I would recommend anyone who likes witty novels to go ahead and read it.