CATCH 22
BOOK REVIEW

Catch 22 is a satirical novel written by Joseph Heller. It is a story about American army pilots on an island near Italy in the end of World War II in 1944.
Catch 22 is a story about how the main character John Yossarian wants to get out of the army and how he tries to act insane so he can be declared unfit to fly any more missions. It is a satirical antiwar novel. It was considered very unusual and was critisised by reviewers when it was first published in 1961. It contains “black humour” because it makes fun out of the horror of war and shows how stupid some of the rules of the army are. Heller uses an unusual mix of satire, surrealism and mixes up the time line of the story with flash backs to earlier parts of the main character Yossarian’s story. The purpose of the satire in this novel is to make an anti-war statement, show how stupid some of the bureaucratic rules of the army are, to show how people can use their power to control others and also......

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