Cathcart is obsessed with getting his picture into the Saturday Evening Post, so he instructs the chaplain to hold prayer sessions before every mission. ... It eventually fully backfires with events of mutiny and abandonment, like Orr's escape Yossarian's final decision to not support him and others, influenced mainly by his anger over this decision. ... This is not an isolated message from Heller, in his later novel Picture This, Heller's main message is people have always been bad throughout time, usually because there are always a few bad people. ...

• Word Count: 2044
• Approx Pages: 8
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During the 1950's McCarthyism consumed the daily lives of Americans. The term McCarthyism is a term used to describe senator Joe McCarthy's methods on the "war" against communism. This search for communists resulted in accusations that had no premises, and therefore were sometimes referred to as witch hunts. Some may be puzzled about what sparked these outlandish allegations and why the public continued to let them go on. The answer is simple: the increasing threat of communism perceived in America at the time. ...

• Word Count: 2126
• Approx Pages: 9
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The Korean War The Korean War lasted three years. It started on June 25, 1950 and ended on July 27, 1953. It was a dispute between North and South Korea (Forty 1). One of the main reasons for war was that South Korea was an anti-communist country while South Korea was a Communist county. The...

• Word Count: 1955
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: High School

A final reason for increased war coverage around 1965 was the removal of the Diem government from South Vietnam in 1963. ... A picture of this was in virtually every paper across the country the same morning. ...

• Word Count: 1969
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School