Catch 22
Heller wrote this book to satirize institutions and how these institutions do not service theconstitutions of which it is composed, but they undermine them. The American citizens which fought for the United States during World War Two showed the values within current America. On the home front, in the newspapers, and through statistics, the United States had been victorious in Europe and US soldiers were seen as defenders of American culture and values. Thousands of American troops took on the responsibility of protecting the American way of life. Author and war veteran Joseph Heller showed that certain parts of the U.S Army did not prove to be as patriotic as many believed. Through the actions and attitudes of certain characters, Heller displayed the chaos and negative aspects of the American soldier at war. Whether motivated by greed or differences, he proved that many of the troops fighting did not live up to the romantic Hollywood images that many Americans saw as truthful. His claim was that in actuality, survival of the self dominated the outlook of many in combat. In his work Catch-22, Joseph Heller showed the shift in values of the American soldiers through his characters Milo, General Cathcart, and
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Approximate Word count = 850
Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page double spaced)
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