Yossarian seems to be the only one who sees through the insanity of this situation. Yossarian is determined to stay alive. All around him he sees people are trying to kill him. Yossarian informs, "They're after everybody"(Heller 90). To Yossarian, the objective in war is the death of innocent people. Not only does he have to battle with the fear of death, but he also has to fight the inner trauma, caused by the insanity of war, which is killing him inside. The book, Catch 22 makes a mockery of war, and it shows that the men are not fighting for the country, but for their lives. Heller tries to show that no matter how it is looked at, war is murder. In "A Modest Proposal-, Ireland is portrayed as a place where children too often became beggars or thieves to sustain themselves or their families, and where women had abortions because they could not afford to raise children. He made war against the injustices imposed upon the aristocratic English in Ireland (Hunting 89) .
"Infant's flesh will be in season throughout the year, but more plentiful in March, and a little before and after, for we are told by a grave author, an eminent French physician, that fish being a prolific diet, there are more children born in Roman Catholic countries nine months after Lent than any other reason; therefore reckoning a year after Lent, the market will be more glutted than usual, because the number of Popish infants is at least three to one in this kingdom, and therefore it will have one other collateral advantage by lessening the number of Papists among us."" (Swift, 441).
This quote is a stab at the Roman Catholic Church and their practices. Swift infuses parts of the essay with disdain toward Catholics, and their actions. In "A Modest Proposal- cannibalism is the most practicable solution to get rid of the babies. He is implying that cannibalism cannot possibly be more barbaric and unethical than what the Irish are already doing themselves.