Closing scenes

One of the overarching ideas discussed in Catch-22 is insanity. Throughout the novel, Yossarian and the other soldiers argue and debate over which of them are crazy, and what it actually means to be crazy. At most times, each arguer is firmly convinced that the other is the crazy one. When Yossarian was in the hospital, he told the Chaplain that every wing in the hospital besides his own was insane, and warned him against going into them. This was rather interesting, as it showed that Yossarian believed

The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams is a drama that involves four main characters; Amanda, Tom, Laura, and Jim. Amanda is the mother and Tom and Laura are her two children. Their father left them years ago, leaving them responsible for the things he once took care of. When the father was still living there, he was the breadwinner of the family and provided for their needs. It seems that ever since he has been gone, they have not transitioned into their life without him, emotionally as well

endings of the other Irish works we have read. In the final scene of Are You Somebody, O’Faolain has conflicting feelings about her past and future and poses many questions to herself. She toggles between regret and resignation, preventing the memoir from having an official resolution, whereas the other works have more of a definite conclusion. Another major difference is that O’Faolain appears to beg for the readers’ pity more in the final scenes than the other authors. However, the other works’ endings

The final scene of Nuala O’Faolain’s memoir Are You Somebody has several aspects that differ from as well as are similar to the endings of the other Irish works we have read in class. Unique to Are You Somebody, the memoir does not conclude with a complete resolution. She also begs for the reader’s pity, which the other authors with even worse situations do not resort to. However, her memoir also has numerous aspects in common with the other works. Similar to Bonaparte in The Poor Mouth and O’Connor

Eddie’s own family honor is at stake. Honor (one of the play’s main theme) is extremely important to the Italian committee – insults to the family or to one’s name must be avenged. With Catherine and Rodolpho’s growing relationship, Eddie’s honor is at stake. “They’re laughin’ at him on the piers. I’m ashamed.” Eddie knows that people are making fun of Rodolpho’s “quaintness”. These things add to the reasons Eddie does not want Catherine marrying Rodolpho, because if she does, Rodolpho would be part

Catch 22 is a story about the different personalities that can be involved in a war. Out of all the different archetypes, the three I’ve chosen are John Yossarian, Albert Tappman, and Milo Minderbinder, although, not in that order. The first character being analyzed is Yossarian, the unwilling hero of this book. Although the book labels Yossarian as the main character, he constantly tries to coward out of going to battle. The second character that will be described is Milo Minderbinder, the archetypical

The Absurd View of American Society Portrayed Through Catch-22 War means many different things to different people, from the outside looking in regular citizens only see the impact soldiers make and at times the unfortunate outcome which happens for the security of one’s country. In Joseph Heller’s Catch-22, the use of protagonist Yossarian as well as characters such as Milo Minderbinder, the Chaplain, and the Soldier in White show readers the underlying issues that occur during a war such as World

States Air Force during World War II, and his frightening experiences while in service. Yossarian witnesses many scenes throughout the story which most people would find extremely emotional or graphic during the war (or even today), but Joseph Heller manages to make these scenes humorous so that people could temporarily forget about the seriousness of the situation and that some of the scenes were things that were actually happening during World War

Lieutenant General Kenneth James once said: “War doesn 't make boys men it makes men dead.” This quote relates directly to the environment created in the novel Catch 22 by Joseph Heller. In the novel, Heller depicts a WWII army base on the island of Pianosa containing self-interested soldiers, each with their own abnormalities. These soldiers have to complete a certain amount of missions in order to be sent home, however, once the soldiers get near the total number required, the higher ranked officials

Reading a narrative from a psychoanalytic perspective can prove to be a sometimes frustrating experience. Psychoanalysis often disregards the actual texts and verbal context of a piece of literature in favor of the Freudian and Lacanian ideas, which seek to find encrypted motifs in the depths of every creation in order to reveal the author’s unconscious mind. Nevertheless, the critiques of psychoanalytic interpretation of literature claim that such interpretations focus on the content of the text