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HERE'S THE CATCH

I would have to say that Joseph Heller's Catch-22, was at least enjoyable to read. There
were several aspects about it that made it good and bad at the same time. First, I think
the most important thing aspect to look at, is that Heller makes death, a traditionally
sickening topic, a humorous event. It is humorous because of the way he illustrates who
is crazy. I assumed that Yossarian was the insane one in the beginning. Now, I can't say
that I am sure. I like how this book makes the reader think. Who really is crazy? Does
anyone know? Yossarian is doing anything he needs to, to survive. Does that make him
insane? In my eyes, he is living on instincts, the way he should. The threat of death
keeps him going. He is not insane. So who is insane, the reader, the writer? I don't feel
that I can answer that. If anything, I think all of the above. It is neat to see how one
would act when faced with death. I think what Heller was trying to say is that when
someone knows they are dying, nothing makes sense to them. When we see people that know
they are dying, we think that they don't make sense. So, we can't really know who is
making sense. It's very tricky in that way. This at least kept me awake and thinking
while reading it. 
I think the main conflict of the story, was between humanity and the rules. We are forced
to do something by law then we pay the ultimate price for it. The best part is that we do
it all for the idea that we are protecting those laws. The idea of a Catch-22 is
interesting. It's like saying, "A person has the right to do anything that another person
cannot stop them from doing." This catch appears throughout the entire book. It was quite
evident when the Italian woman is talking about the Military Police. It is also clearly
evident when Yossarian is walking down the stairs. He is cursing Catch-22, although he
doesn't believe in it. There is no real explanation for Catch-22, that's the catch. It
can only be defined as Catch-22. When Yossarian discusses with Colonels Cathcart and
Korn, it is easy to see the Catch-22. This situation shows that a Catch-22 causes a
person to betray all the values that they have. All this time, I've been trying to
explain what I feel about the book, when I don't know how I feel. This Catch-22 is so
strange that my thoughts about it keep changing as I type, changing the way I feel about
the book as a whole. It's very odd. I liked the book, but the ideas in it are so
marveling that I'm not sure what to think. How Heller wrote this impresses me. His use of
the Character Yossarian causes the reader to examine oneself, and also examine the idea
of insanity. Overall, I'd have to say that this book is definitely good to read, but my
feelings are still questionable. I hate to see a book such as this go to waste in the
end, lie so many others. There is no reason for it to end this way. It just shows a lack
of imagination. There is no sense of individuality in the books ending. IT was simply bad
guy dies and loses. There is nothing that is different from any other form of book
All of the above stated things are true.