... age?' Clevinger unwillingly concedes to this statement and the truth that the soldiers must face the possibility of death every day is reflected in the desperation of the characters. Heller effectively deals with the horrors of war by concealing it within the pleasant disguise of humour. The soldier's desperation to be grounded, so that they may escape the horror, is ironically diminished with the introduction of Catch 22'. In Chapter 5 ... all out to kill him' but there is still some logic to his thinking. The depersonalisation of the soldiers by those in authority is an important them...

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... war, but all of society. Catch-22 shows how the individual soldier loses his uniqueness. Heller exhibits that the problem with this is not necessarily from the battles themselves, but from the routine activities of military life. The most relevant example is of Lt. Scheisskopf's fascination with parades. This activity, all the soldiers together doing the same thing, kind of shows how they are losing ... and controlled by an institution. The novel exhibits Heller's satirical outlook on other war novels that glorify war, even though it consists only of dishonorable actions. One time, a sol...

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• Grade Level: High School