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Name: Joseph Griffin
Email:24184JG@chaminade-hs.org

Name: Brady Connors
Email: 24091BC@chaminade-hs.org

Name: John Koscinski
Email: 24229jk@chaminade-hs.org

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Both partners have to read the book. One can’t just read it and tell the other what happened.

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Section/Pages: 1-100
Members Present:
Jack Kasosnski, Brady Connors, and Joseph Griffin
Discussion Highlights:
- The group as a whole is bored with the book at the moment. We are struggling with being passionate about this book.
- We concur that the themes are mortality and how much life is really worth.
- The group likes Yossarian because of is strong willed and speaks his mind. He argues towards the importance of life. However, he is a little paranoid and puts himself in danger.
- Joseph Keller’s writing is compelling. He uses third person to explain the story and relationships between the soldiers.
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Section/Pages: 345-460
Members Present: Brady Connors, Joseph Griffin, John Kosinski

Discussion Highlights:
- We discussed the ending of the book and all of our opinions on the finished work. We had conflicting opinions and argued whether we were satisfied with the conclusion. We also discussed whether this was a good choice for a school read.
- We discuss how Snowden’s death and Yossarian’s memory of it affected his final decision. Brady argued that it was the most impactful thing in the book because of how it affects Yossarian mentally.
- We discussed the fear felt from the readers when the Yossarian is stabbed. Some acknowledge how Yossarian being in the hospital forced him to make a decision regarding the deal. The stabbing also allowed to him to learn about Sweden which would lead Yossarian to safety.

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Section/Pages: 230-345
Members Present: Brady Connors, Joseph Griffin, John Kosinski

Discussion Highlights:
- Yossarian is clearly deranged due to his thoughts so the doctors may send him home, but the doctors may make him stay because he has an obvious blood lust which could be useful in a war.
- He is fighting in a war which he disagrees with so he is having a morale conflict between fighting for what he thinks is right or fighting for what he is told is “right”. This conflict will most likely slowly chip away at his sanity as more and more of his fellow soilder die (wether by crashes or by their own hand).

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Section/Pages: 230-345
Members Present: John Koscinski
Discussion Highlights:
-I did a lot of evaluation of the book and how Yossarian’s story was progressing.
-Two out if Three members were not present so not much discussion could get done.
-I would have loved to discuss the evolution of Yossarian throughout these pages.

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Meeting 1 Date: October 26th
Pages / Section: 115

Meeting 2 Date: November 3rd
Pages / Section: 230

Meeting 3 Date: November 11th
Pages / Section: 345

Meeting 4 Date: November 21st
Pages / Section: 460

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During book club we must stay on track and talk only about things pertaining to the book.

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What’s your opinion on Catch-22 and judging by the quote “ ‘They’re all trying to kill me’, Yossarian told him calmly. ‘No one is trying to kill you’” (pg 16) is Yossarian mentally stable

Joseph Griffin

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In these last few chapters Yossarian is starting the slowly break down and he knows this but does little about it. If Yossarian were to express how he felt or tried to help himself would the outcome of the book been better.

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Yossarian constantly talks about killing the people around him and even the thought of killing Orr gave him comfort. This is clearly not the normal thinking pattern so if Yossarian were to tell the doctors his thoughts would they send him home or make him stay?

Joseph Griffin

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Discuss the movement in the hospital when Yosarian finds death more palatable than in his past. How does this show character growth and will this affect him positively.

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All partners should participate equally. No partner should be doing more work than the other.

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One of the major parts of the climax of Catch 22 is the deal Yossarian is presented from two Colonels. If Yossarian agrees to support the two Colonels he will be set free from the war. Yossarian is conflicted knowing this deal goes against everyone he fought with. How does this deal set up the end of the story and how does it show Yossarian’s character development at the end of the story.

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How has the moral conflict that Yossarian faces in the story developed, where do we think it will transform into in the future.

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1 Brainstorm a LIST OF THEMES for the book thus far. Then, select one theme from the list and find at least three pieces of textual evidence to support it. 1

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Brady Connors’ Agenda submission. My selection and my question.

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In what ways does Yossarian’s opinions on war and nations develop throughout the book. What affected his ideas and shaped his thought. Did any characters in particular have profound effects on yossarian that were shown throughout the course of the book.

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Analyze Snowden’s death and why that is the moment Yosarian lost his nerve. How does a buildup of emotions and shocking truth lead to a human person “snapping”?

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1.  Next time we should use quotes to support our arguments that we make to each other in class.
2. Our group worked well together and discussed ideas about Catch 22. My favorite discussion was when we argued about War and it’s consequences. I found it interesting to see peoples thoughts.
3. We could work on explaining our thoughts better.

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1. We worked very well compared to our previous meetings mostly because everyone was attentive for our final meeting
2. All though we did well we did take an extended period of time to get our agenda topics in which we could work on in the future
3. Once we got our agenda topics done we had a very informational discussion about the final chapters of the book

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1. Our group discussed Snowden’s death and if we would have saved him in that moment. This proved a passionate argument.
2. We examined the relationship of Dobbs and Yossarian and how that affects the story.
3. Our group could have done better today but when we were productive we did tackle some pretty challenging questions regarding the human psych.

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1. Our group was not all present so the discussion could not progress as much.
2. Need to work on discussing outside of class.
3. Tell each other when we might be absent so our group members can prepare.

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Catch-22 depicts romantically and dramatically how extreme the autonomy of the war was. In chapter twenty four, most of the section is dedicated to building Milo Minderbinder’s character. The reader learns that Milo solely operates a self-proclaimed food and produce syndicate. The readers eventually discover that Milo had took his sociopathic capitalistic beliefs so far, that he ended up signing a contract with both the Germans and the Americans, to fight the same mission. Milo got his own men killed and collected premiums for it. It is made clear that Heller was using Milo to satirically depict intense capitalism, and how capital and economics supersede political ideology. It also can be understood in a greater image that the war may have a larger motivation for its facilitation. This is just one of several instances where Heller illustrates the lack of uniqueness of nations, and how conflicts are really facilitated by men with no allegiance to a country.

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A complex character that despises war but commits a lot of violence is very interesting. I could write an interesting short story about Catch 22.

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Catch 22 reflects the complex mind of a human person when experiencing war. We follow Yossarian, a soldier who hates and rejects the idea of war, but throughout the story we see his thoughts and actions develop. In Chapter 22, Snowden is killed when their plane is taken over by an insane Dobbs. This causes a snapping of sorts within Yossarian and we see him commit acts of violence. Snowden pleads for his life but Yossarian Jose’s not save him. We begin to see a new Yossarian through his mind shifting into something more manic. Catch 22 provides a question of whether violence is justified under certain circumstances. The author does a good job of this by focusing on Yossarian and his thoughts throughout the text. Someone we saw as the hero of our story is starting to become ominous and violent. I’m intrigued to see where Yossarian ends up and if he will survive his own sanity.

(Absent this day of workshop)

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For my project I will be depicting many of the major themes of the book through drawings and images. I will also write poems complementing the images.

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Picture this, a United States bombardier is in the middle of World War II trying to survive the mayhem that was the World War whilst trying to cope with the deaths of many of his friends. As well as being forced to go on dangerous missions while your commander keeps raising your total number of missions required to return home to your family. This is exactly what John Yossarian was going through in the satirical novel “Catch-22” written by John Heller. In his novel, he shows the sheer brutality of war through themes such as the loss of one’s religious faith, morality, and morality whilst telling an engaging story riddled with flashbacks.