Joseph Heller the author of Catch-22 says, "The only freedom we really have is .
" Different people can interpret this quote in many different ways. .
The book Catch -22 is a good example of interpreting this statement, in a way of .
someone saying no to authority.
I feel that what Joseph Heller means by his statement is that all choices in life are .
those of "yes" or "no" . When ordered by someone, or something to make a certain choice, .
we can give in and say "yes", or we can stand alone and say "no". Basically he is saying we .
can always give in to authority, or we can say "no" and take the consequences.
The book Catch-22 incorporates this interpretation of that statement very well. This is .
Because the book is a fictional example of someone saying no to authority in different ways. The .
main character Yossarian is the best example of someone saying no to authority in the story. .
Yossarian will not, and does not care about flying bomber missions for the army. Even though .
he says no to the higher ranking officers, the army still finds a way to keep Yossarian in, so in .
return he has to find new ways of saying "no". An example is when Yossarian helps sabotage a .
mission, so that they would not have to fly the next day. This was an example of Yossarian .
rebelling to authority and saying "no" to their orders.
Another example of Yossarian saying no to authority happens all through out the book. .
Yossarian seems to belive that the enemy is trying to kill him. But the army says no one is trying .
to kill Yossarian. Then why must Yossarian bomb the enemy, if they are not the enemy and are .
not intent on killing him. By stumping authority, and questioning authority, Yossarian is saying .
no.
In conclusion, this book has many good examples of someone saying no to authority. The .
best is from the main character Yossarian. Yossarian does almost everything he can through out .
the book to say no to the authority figure in his life.