compare and contrast

“Catch -22” and “how to tell a true war story” are very similar books. They are both about a war and the experience of the main characters. Hence both works are narrated from the main characters perspective; readers are forced to believe every word of the story teller. We all know that person in our lives who can tell the same story hundred times but yet we still want to hear it hundred times more. Telling a story is a true skill. It’s a skill only some people are capable off. Those people can change our life and even history because when those people talk we tend to pay attention. Well, in this case both narrators have that quality in which they utilized it to persuade readers by just giving the perspective of the main character. In contrast, both authors approach their work in a different style of writing. A writer’s style is a reflection of his/her personality, unique style, voice and the way they approach their audience. Throughout this paper, we can see how each authors using their on style to gravitate their audience. Despite major differences in writing style, both ‘How to Tell a True War Story’ and Catch-22 attempt to show how an author can influence and change the reaction of audience by just sharing the story from the point of view of the main character.

This idea is used throughout the book in which it is intriguing in a way that readers will be forced to believe the main character. In catch-22 Yossarian is the main character who is the protagonist and the hero of the novel. In a war story, we consider someone as a hero if they manage to risk their life for others or their country. To be a hero it requires bravery and sacrifices which is the ultimate price that anybody can offer for the safety of their country. Howeve...

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...r tried to introduce most of the material through a series of flashbacks. For instance according to “catch-22”, the soldier in white appears in chapter one and seventeen, which is really confusing for readers to understand what’s really going on. In chapter one Nurse Cramer discovered that the solider in white was dead. At that moment Yossarian and Dunbar accused the Texan for murdering him because they didn't like the Texan (Heller 10). Although we know that the Texan has died in chapter one, the author named chapter 17 the white solider and explicitly talk about his death. This repetition makes the reading difficult for readers to keep up with the material. By the time I was reading chapter 17, I had to go back look who was the white solider. However in “How to Tell a True War Story” the author wrote it in chronological order, which made it easier for readers.