Catch22
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The novel, Catch-22, is a comedy about soldiers during World War II.
However, this comic scenes and phrases are quite tragic when they are
thought about, as most things related to war are, which makes this
comedy completely absurd. The best way to represent this idea is
through the characters in the book, specifically, Yossarian, Huple, and
Nately’s whore’s kid sister and the events that occur with their
thoughts and their actions.
Clearly,
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his own unique way of expressing the absurdity of the universe in a comic way. This style, in my mind, is very commendable because he makes us laugh, yet understand the meaning and maybe even seriousness of the idea he is trying to get across. The alternative would be to write a tragic novel about men at war which really would not grab the reader’s attention as comedies do and as this book did.
his own unique way of expressing the absurdity of the universe in a comic way. This style, in my mind, is very commendable because he makes us laugh, yet understand the meaning and maybe even seriousness of the idea he is trying to get across. The alternative would be to write a tragic novel about men at war which really would not grab the reader’s attention as comedies do and as this book did.
