Enter the absurd world of Catch-22, a satirical novel by Joseph Heller that exposes war's folly through Captain John Yossarian, a U.S. Army bombardier in World War II Italy. Trapped in a bureaucratic web, Yossarian confronts the paradoxical "Catch-22" rule: he can only be grounded from flying dangerous missions if declared insane, but requesting to be grounded proves sanity, creating a no-win situation. This darkly comic tale highlights war's irrationality, cruelty, and military incompetence.
Yossarian encounters an unforgettable cast of characters, each embodying wartime absurdity. Through their outrageous escapades, Heller illuminates paradoxes of human behavior and the tragicomic aspects of the human condition. Catch-22 remains a timeless critique of war, power, and the modern world's insanity, asking: How can we escape senseless cycles of destruction and chaos?
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