The novel, Catch-22, was first published in 1961 by Joseph Heller. The novel tells the story of Captain Joseph Yossarian and his attempt to avoid serving in World War II by pleading insanity. ... Joseph Heller was born on May 1, 1923 to Russian immigrant parents and from an early age aspired to be a writer. When Heller was just five years old, his father died at work. Heller, his brother, and their mother had to fend for themselves, which may have given him a cynical, street-wise humor that marks much of his writings. ...

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In Catch-22, Joseph Heller reveals darker side of human nature as well as society. ... Heller explores many common themes throughout the novel. ... Heller's novel not only satirizes war, but all of society. ... Heller symbolically uses Lt. ... Heller uses humor to comment on serious issues. ...

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In Catch-22, by Joseph Heller, madness has a sort of a double meaning. ... +The madness that is presented by Heller in this novel actually has a purpose to highlight the ruthless nature of this war that the soldiers must go through. ... Heller, with the structure and details in this novel reveals that though war is desensitizing, the madness that some possess is what makes it human and keeps the humanity alive....

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Books about war are notorious for glorifying the soldiers fighting the battles as heroes or respectable figures. "Catch 22," by Joseph Heller, however, does the opposite. Set during World War II, "Catch 22" depicts a story that, in my opinion, is more believable. The characters in the novel dete...

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Joseph Heller the author of Catch-22 says, "The only freedom we really have is the freedom to say no." ... I feel that what Joseph Heller means by his statement is that all choices in life are those of "yes" or "no" . ...

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Joseph Heller, through his extensive research concerning WWII, manages to express one of the ironies involved in serving as a pilot in this war. ... This is an example of how Joseph Heller neglects chronology in order to express the main theme of his novel. What Heller does is he breaks up the logical and chronological development of the narrative elements by taking bits and pieces of all three and mixing them together with dashes of expository and rhetorical comment without regard to logical or temporal or spatial connection (Burhans . ...

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The author, Joseph Heller, creates a setting in which the characters represent either the exploiter or exploited. "Each soldier has no individuality-Heller points out hta tpeople that people today too often follow a norm or accept rules that categorize them The struggle of characters to maintain their individuality is a thread which holds the novel together. ... Yossarian tries to escape from the Hell he is captured in but he can not escape from the torment that comes from the officers. ... Whenever you try to behave sensibly and look after yourself in a crazy world, there's a catch, a ca...

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Essay: War's Influence Catch 22 by Joseph Heller and All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarqueare two novels which are both different and alike. Throughout the novel we see the effects which war has on the characters. The characters however react in different ways. We see the effect...

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Racism is introduced in this novel with the character of Joseph Bloeckman. ... There is no need to go through every nasty remark made about Italians, garlic eaters, Negroes, Jewish shopkeepers, the millions "swarming like rats, chattering like apes, smelling like all hell monkeys," (p.394). The career of Joseph Bloeckman can stand for the whole. ...

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Thomas Pynchon's The Crying of Lot 49 is a very deep, complex, and demanding novel, requiring the wide breadth of knowledge. One of the most fascinating aspects of the novel is Pynchon's choice -- or rather, invention -- of the names he gives the characters and organizations described in the novel. ...

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