... , or outright derision to expose human wickedness and folly." Satire abounds in many forms and situations in Catch-22 by Joseph Heller. He satirizes the human condition in war and capitalism, but Heller's most poignant use of satire comes in his satirization of the inefficiency and absolute power of bureaucracy. ""That's a very ... you elevate mediocre people to positions of authority. Why, this tiny mountain village is so insignificant that it isn't even on the map."(Heller 335) Colonel Cathcart knows the mission is meaningless because the Allies aren't even on an offensive, but the miss...

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