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"Men went mad and were rewarded with medals. All over the world, boys on every side  of the bomb line were laying down their lives for what they had been told was their country and no one seemed to mind, least of all the boys who were laying down their young lives." Reading only the first 4 chapter's of Catch-22, I'm already effected. The writing is beautiful, the narration is witty (and a little  cynical ),  and there's so many messages portrayed that I don't understand why nobody else is crazing over it. Sure, it's been 50 year's since the first publish, but the youth of today needs to read about this.  It's been decades since the  Vietnam War, and yet, men are still choosing to go made for a medal. Humanity is still searching for the  resolution and recognition they desire for the meaning of their existence. The question isn't why. But how? How are we not realising our own faults? How do we stop this  paradoxical meaningless [while se...

Hello my fellow readers, It has come to my attention that everybody is not reading enough. Sure there's fanatic book reader's like myself, unfortunately, that's not enough. Every morning, recess and lunch I go to the library, and I am one of the only people in there reading. Reading is so different compared to other forms of entertainment. Here's some fact's that I googled; Children and young people who do not achieve expected levels of literacy are likely to be from disadvantaged backgrounds. 14% of children in lower income homes rarely or never read books for pleasure. Only 1 in 5 parents easily find the opportunity to read to their children. Parents are the most important reading role models for children and young people.   (National Literacy Trust,  Reaching Out with Role Models , April 2009) 10 to 16 year-olds who read for pleasure do better at school.   (2013 research by Dr Alice Sullivan and Matt Brown from the  Institute of Education ) Reading for pleasure ...