In his novel, Catch-22, Joseph Heller critiques and criticizes using the ridiculousness of war to show how misguided much of modern society has become, in spite of our so-called civilized advancement. ... Catch-22 places a particular strain on the importance on individuality, and the danger of losing that individualism during war. ... Possibly the most outright depiction of lost individuality is the reference to certain characters by the traits they possess. Throughout the novel, certain characters are called, not by name, but instead by features. ... Catch-22 presents a startling truth that h...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Catch-22, by Joseph Heller, is a novel depicting the life of an Air Force squadron during the conclusion of WWII, and how a microcosm such as the squadron is more active than meets the eye. ... Catch-22 is the story of Yossarian, a bombardier for the American Air Force. The story is not from Yossarian's point of view; it is actually the story of characters in and around the squadron, but the name and actions of Yossarian are really the core of the book. ... Catch-22 is actually more of a collection of related short stories and anecdotes than a story with a defined timeline; neverthel...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

In his acclaimed novel "Catch-22," Joseph Heller depicts the effects of war on a man and his life-changing transformation. ... Although he is one of the few characters with moral intentions, the chaplain has a traumatic experience in the military due to his timid nature and his failure to develop close personal relationships. ... The chaplain that the reader is introduced to in the beginning of Catch-22 is nearly a polar opposite from the chaplain revealed at the end of the book. ...

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Humour is employed in a variety of ways in Catch-22 and Captain Corelli's Mandolin. ... In Catch-22, the humour is interwoven throughout the majority of the novel and is mainly the instrument of satire. ... Catch-22's humour is best described as comically unstable. ... Religion is used in Captain Corelli's Mandolin for similar satirical effects as in Catch-22. ... However, in Catch-22, the situations that the characters are put through are more outrageously bizarre, which in turn lead to the illogical arguments that plague the story throughout. ...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

This is not only where one would see a cartoon character influencing children and adolescents to an unhealthy lifestyle. ... Nintendo games and their characters is just one example. Advertisers manipulate the parents perceptions of the cartoon characters on the box. ...

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Gandhi's declaration of a state of internal emergency, the book turns first toward the Parsi community in an unidentified city by the sea that resembles Bombay, but its plot opens up to embrace other characters and to expand the settings. ... Instead, he has turned their lives into a metaphor that stands for the human experience: the fears, the joys, the ambitions and failures, the terror and the conflicts, finally the sense of balance that once attained will allow the characters to withstand the outer world, a world awash with dangers to personal fulfillment and identity. ... Both wr...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Gandhi's declaration of a state of internal emergency, the book turns first toward the Parsi community in an unidentified city by the sea that resembles Bombay, but its plot opens up to embrace other characters and to expand the settings. ... Instead, he has turned their lives into a metaphor that stands for the human experience: the fears, the joys, the ambitions and failures, the terror and the conflicts, finally the sense of balance that once attained will allow the characters to withstand the outer world, a world awash with dangers to personal fulfillment and identity. ... Both wr...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Many see it as a primarily economic phenomenon, involving the increasing interaction, or integration, of national economic systems through the growth in international trade, investment and capital flows. However, one can also point to a rapid increase in cross-border social, cultural and technological exchange as part of the phenomenon of globalisation. The sociologist, Anthony Giddens, defines globalisation as a decoupling of space and time, emphasising that with instantaneous communications, knowledge and culture can be shared around the world simultaneously. A Dutch academic who maint...

• Word Count: 9131
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate