The ability to think both rationally and irrationally is simultaneously a blessing and a curse for the human race. In the satirical novel Catch-22 by Joseph Heller, this bittersweet power to reason and think logically proves to be the source of conflict for the protagonist,…
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by Joseph Heller
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Mortality, especially suicide, is a leading theme for both the novel Catch 22 and the play Hamlet, for both works of literature emphasize on the thoughts of the individual on self-inflicted death. Death is looked at from alternative points of view in both works, it…
Catch 22 by Joseph Heller takes place in the island of Pianosa near Italy during the Second World War, in the early 1940s. The group is stationed in an Air Force base, and some of the scenes in battle are above Italian cities. I really…
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Author
Joseph Heller
Country
United States
Original language
English
Genre
Dark comedy, absurdist fiction, satire, war fiction, historical fiction
Publication date
November 10, 1961
Major Characters
John “Yo-Yo” Yossarian, Chaplain Tappman, Doc Daneeka, Chief White Halfoat and Flume, Aarfy, Nately’s Whore and her kid sister, Milo Minderbinder, Colonel Cathcart, Colonel Korn, Generals Dreedle and Peckem, Major Major, Dunbar, Snowden, Orr, Major Danby
Based on
The story is based on Joseph Heller's personal experience in World War II.
