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This 6 page paper considers the character of Yossarian in “Catch-22” and why he is an anti-hero. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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This paper considers the character of John Yossarian, the novels anti-hero. Discussion Yossarian establishes himself as a voice of reason early in the book, when he very sensibly objects to
the fact that people are trying to kill him (Heller). "No ones trying to kill you," Clevinger cried. "Then why are they shooting at me?" Yossarian asked. "Theyre shooting at
everyone," Clevinger answered. "Theyre trying to kill everyone." "And what difference does that make?" (Heller 11). The point that Yossarian gets and that everyone else seems to miss is that
it really doesnt matter whos shooting or why; hes going to be just as dead if hes shot down by either side. The book is an example of the blackest
kind of black humor; this exchange is typical of Hellers writing, and it resembles the "patter of a vaudeville team, and the humor evoked by such a passage clearly relies
on the basic strategies of comedy, surprise and incongruity" (Green 186). When Yossarian replies "what difference does that make" to Clevingers question, he is "clearly disrupting the logical case Clevinger
is trying to make for Yossarians craziness" (Green 186). If we accept the situation at face value and go along with thinking that there are some wars that "must" be
fought, they we will probably agree with Clevinger: that everyone is caught up in the war and has to fight. But if we consider Yossarians statement more carefully, "it makes
its own kind of sense. What difference does it make to Yossarian if he is in fact killed that everyone else is a target?" (Green 186). It is Yossarians derailing
of Clevingers patriotic thinking that makes the exchange so funny, and establishes Yossarian as an anti-hero immediately. The central metaphor of the book is the Catch-22 itself, the idea that
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