Catch 22 Satire
Catch 22
Joseph Heller satirizes, among other matters, red tape and bureaucracy in his first novel,
Catch-22. The novel concerns itself with a World War II bombardier named Yossarian
who suddenly realizes the danger of his position and tries various means to extricate
himself from further missions. Yossarian is driven crazy by the Germans, who keep
shooting at him when he drops bombs on them, and by his American superiors, who seem
less concerned about winning …
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