Catch-22

Roosevelt opposed the isolationists. In nineteen hundred and forty when German bombs fell on the British Isles, the fight between Roosevelt and the isolationists escalated. Teddy Roosevelt was elected to a third term and begins building aircraft's for over seas governments as well as other various war equipment, but still refused to shove the United States of America into war. The German's were upset about this and used this rage to inflict more pain on the Jews. On August third, nineteen hundred and forty-one President Roosevelt and Prime Minister Winston Churchill meet at Placentia Bay to discuss the war in Europe and the far east.

Plot and Characterization: Catch 22 is told in unchronological order from a third person limited omniscient point of view, mainly focused on the protagonist Captain John Yossarian. The novel follows Yossarian in his adventures as a bombardier in the U.S. Air Force during World War II. Nevertheless, Catch-22 is not the typical World War II novel. Yossarian is convinced everyone is trying to kill him, including his own superiors. The plot unfolds as Yossarian attempts to avoid flying any more combat missions, while fettered by the paradox of Catch-22.

Set in the final months of World War II, Catch-22 tells the story of a bomber squadron on the mythical island of Pinosa, just off of Italy. The story is told through the eyes of Captain John Yossarian, one of the few sane men in the novel, who sees all of the impossible situations his squadron is placed in. "For Catch-22 is the unwritten loophole in every written law which empowers the authorities to revoke your rights whenever it suits their cruel whims; it is, in short, the principle of absolute evil in a malevolent, mechanical, and incompetent world. Because of Catch-22, justice is mocked, the innocent are victimized, and Yossarian's squadron is forced to fly more than double the number of missions prescribed by Air Force code" (Skreiner 1). The mops vivid examples of the paradoxes created by catch-22 come from the specific characters; Hungry Joe, Doc Daneeka, Orr, Milo Minderbinder, and Yossarian.

While the plot jumps all over the place in no chronological order, a story emerges. He loses his nerve for fighting when a man on his plane is killed and Yossarian realizes that the war will be ... ... middle of paper ... ... of Baghdad, and the Sheik of Araby. These amazing facts about Milo seem to imply that he is more than one man. This is supported when Milo gives his syndicate the name M&M Enterprises, implying that it is not a one-man company. These observations led me to put some thought into Milo.

Journal Entry 3 and 4: Motive of the Novel and Intended Messages: • I found there to be numerous motives that Heller was striving to achieve. The first being to slander the name of war and those involved, this on its’ own is not a difficult thing to do, however he did it in a way that really diminished on the intelligence of those involved high up; Cornel Cathcart is made out to be a neurotic who constantly doubted his own command and was constantly getting “black eyes” from his superiors as a result of raising the mission but raise them again he did, Major Major wouldn’t talk to anyone and was uniformly hated by people who didn’t know him, and Scheisskopf was obsessed with marching to no avail. • It was also likely to be an “exposé” on the life of a bomber during WWII. To give people insight into what was likely to happen to you if you partook in a war. At the end Yossarian is faced with the sobering reality of most of his friends being dead or at least removed from him, having either gone crazy (Aarfy and McWatt), being killed in action (Dobbs, Natley and Clevenger) or disappeared (Dunbar).

John says "they don't know" which depicts the ignorance of the British public. The politicians have a hand in steering their soldiers to their own deaths as they use old tactics that cannot be applied to trench warfare such as the "Element of Surprise." The description Barton uses when he says "it is no land created by God or man, but by some prehistoric monster or devils with no sense in the but chaos" when he approaches Feuvry, is very fitting for the politicians as it is in t... ... middle of paper ... ...ned" after experiencing war situations. Some of the other soldiers are immediately affected, such as Harris who is shell shocked and is geniuenly "afraid of going to war. His death leaves David feeling guilty and therefore feels "dread" and resorts to wishful thinking.

They manipulate situations for the benefit of someone else, usually the minority in control. Major Major’s situation is described by his secretary when he says, “Major Major never sees anyone in his office while he’s in his office” (Heller 106). The Major set orders to keep people from seeing him while he is actually available; thus men are only allowed to see him when he is away, in which case they cannot see him. The catch-22 surrounding Major Major is a clear sign of corruption within the high ranks of the army, for despite Major Major’s minor roll overall, his lack of responsibility is comparable to Yossarian’s. Yossarian’s decisions are exponentially greater and more outlasting than those of any other character.

In To Kill a Mockingbird, Atticus Finch says, “You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view…until you climb into his skin and walk around in it” (39). People often fail to examine a situation from someone else view because their opinions are biased. In To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee shows readers just how damaging prejudice really is when it is caused by rumors, race, and another man’s beliefs.

In a time of brutal civil war, the plebians feel they need a single strong ruler such as Caesar. The senators, on the other hand, fear that he might become ambitious and continue killing off his competition, i.e., the senators themselves. At the celebration of Caesar's victory, Brutus remarks, "What means this shouting? I do fear the people choose Caesar for their king" (I.ii.78-79). Cassius turns bitter towards Caesar, because he thinks Caesar is physically weak, and deserves none of the praise that the public heaps upon him.

Characters in The Lord of the Flies also show correlation to the war. Jack is a dictator like Hitler. He refused to work with the other boys and wanted to be the only one in charge. Piggy represents reasoning through problems. He gets killed because of thinking intelligently.