Catch 22

At Catch - 22, Joseph Heller revealed the collapse of humanity and society. Heller respects war and its values, using various themes and unique styles and structures, and respects society as a whole by utilizing the war environment. By manipulating the "classical" war environment and words in the novel, Heller can describe society as being dark and distorted. Heller showed his explanation about society through the war system (ie the influences and problems during and after the war).

The main character of catch 22 is a man of Yossarian. He was an air force bomber during the Second World War. Catch 22 is a story about how Yosserian became crazy, but could not leave the Air Force due to capturing 22. Catch-22 said that as long as they did not request ground, the Air Force could not attack someone based on insanity, but if someone asked to quit, they said they had to stay wise . The story begins at the hospital Yossarian. His condition is not that much jaundice. Although he is really sick, it would be better to stay at the hospital than to spend the war. Yossarian prefers to do something rather than war. He worked very well in the war until his tail gunner Snowden was shot with a bomb and he died in the arms of Yossarian. Over time, this really started to annoy Yossarian, and many other horrible deaths he had witnessed.

After being published in 1961, Catch - 22 was very popular among the teens of those days at that time. Catch 22 seems to reflect youth's feelings towards the Vietnam War. A common joke is that all university students had catch 22. The popularity of this book creates an enthusiastic supporter, and as a result, more than 8 million copies are sold in the United States. On 26th October 1986, professor and author John Olddridge wrote an article in the New York Times celebrating the 25th anniversary of catch 22 publication. He commented that Heller's book predicts the confusion of the afterlife: