![]() Heller focuses Catch-22 on the absurdity of war and the bureaucratic and economic presence therein war is portrayed as a thing of unnecessary risk to human life for ridiculous reasons. The nature of this article is such that it requires spoiling basic plot details of Catch-22, so you should only continue reading after this paragraph if you either do not mind spoilers or have already read the book.īureaucratic Absurdity and Perverse Morality in Catch-22: This article explores the dominant philosophy and masterful presentation of Heller’s most successful novel. It is a novel that represents a masterclass in the modernist and postmodernist technique of melding high culture and low culture, as well as tragedy and comedy. ![]() I would make it no secret that Catch-22 is one of my personal favorite novels. ![]() What do you get when you mix the surreal, atmospheric absurdism of Kafka’s best known works with the darkly comedic anti-war satire of Kurt Vonnegut’s Slaughterhouse-Five? I would say that you get something very close to a book published about 40 years after Kafka’s death, and about 10 years before the publication of Vonnegut’s novel: Catch-22 by Joseph Heller. ![]()
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