Abstract It took Joseph Heller five years to come up with the almost formless structure of his book Catch-22. ... Body Text Catch 22 is a novel that quite literally laughs in the face of death. ... What makes this book shines is how this absurdity is used, not as a goal, but the means to communicating Catch-22's messages. ... The light absurdity of Catch-22 gradually turns dark as the story unfolds, sending a message through contrast. ... All of Catch-22 up to the last part point has seemed formless. ...

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Joseph Heller criticizes all levels of this complex in his wartime satire Catch- 22 through Milo Minderbinder, a businessman who excises no moral boundaries in his insane and fatal pursuit of profit. ...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

(Beatty, p. 211) These situations are examined and brought to our attention in Joseph Heller's novel, Catch-22. ... Rules such as catch 22 were simply unfair, and there was no way around it. ... He figures out a way to beat the system and escape the catch-22 by acting like a simpleton for the entire story. ... Instead of finding a loophole to catch 22, both Orr and Yossarian finally realize that the only way out of it is to run away. ... (Heller p. 110) This paradoxical evaluation is what Catch 22 is all about. ...

• Word Count: 1784
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• Grade Level: High School