4/7/14

While reading Catch-22 I've noticed that a lot of the men in the squadron are paranoid, but for different reasons. Some are paranoid of outside sources, and some are even paranoid of men in their own tents. I've met Hungry Joe who suffers from nightmares every night keep people awake and who started the war as a happy-go-lucky guy. I also learned a different meaning for Catch-22 which states that you have to obey anything your commanding officer says, whether or not the Air Force overall says anything different.

4-4-14 9:30

Yossarian and the men in his squadron are pilots who go on missions in hope of going home. Yossarian and the other men do all that they can do to be grounded and not go on missions. Some claim to be mentally or physically ill. There is a lot of humor in the book. I've noticed that when a person is talking and complaining about something they express the same thing they are complaining about. For example, Doc Daneeka yells about people complaining, but then he will complain about his own misfortunes while he is yelling at them. Another example is Chief White Halfoat who talks about Indian discrimination, but in the same sentence he says racial slurs about African Americans, Mexicans, and Chinese. I've also learned what Catch-22 means, if a person claims to be insane he really can't be because a sane person would always want to be grounded instead of going on missions.

4-1-2014

Today I picked the book Catch-22 to read for my project. I've only read the very first paragraphs of it and I've been introduced to Yossarian, who is hospitalized.