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JoseBalow

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8. Yes! That's exactly what happened!

Wed Sep 4, 2024, 01:04 AM

Sep 4

He dreamed about the cat sleeping on his face, and woke to find that it was sleeping on his face, so he gets into a fistfight with the cat because of it - an all out knock-down, drag-em-out brawl.

That scene really captures the whole spirit and tenor of the book for me, the absurdity and circular reasoning. Like how Milo makes money for the syndicate by buying eggs from Malta for 7 cents and selling them for 5 cents. And the need to bomb their own base in order to turn a profit. Or the old man explaining how Italy is actually strong because it is so weak and poor...

The dream of the cat isn't a dream at all, even though he is dreaming it. I think that's my favorite book ever!

It's been a while since I last read it, or saw the movie (I really am overdue for both)... I can't remember which friend of Yossarian was written out of the film.

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