Catch 22 - Joseph Heller
I read this book a long time ago in highschool so I quite don't remember the entire plot. That being said, Catch-22 is a great book that portrays the absurdity of war. It also introduced me to the concept of a catch 22, the paradoxical situation coined by the author. This book is a satirical dark comedy about pilots in ww2. My favorite part is the introduction of the catch-22, where one pilot requested mental evaluation for insanity to not fly, but the doctor claimed if he was afraid to fly it meant that he was sane, and if was actually insane, he also had to fly because you have to be insane to fly into war. However, Catch-22 doesn't shy away from portraying the horrors of war aswell. Characters die, commit attrocities, and become traumatized. The combination of the humor and satire with the brutal moments expertly portays the cruelty and absurdity of war. I much enjoyed this book and was glad I picked this at random for my class asignment so long ago.