Using his unique style and structure, Joseph Heller masterfully manages to interlay humor and terror, comedy and tragedy and reveals the perversions of the human character and of society gone mad. The first stroke of Heller's deft touch is his presentation of outrageous characters, acting outrageo...

The Deft Touch of Catch 22: Heller's Harmonious Unison of Comedy and Tragedy Since the dawn of literature and drama, comedy and tragedy have always been partitioned into separate genres. Certainly most tragedies had comedic moments, and even the zaniest comedies were at times serious. Howeve...

The Consequences of Personal Desires in Catch-22 Idealy, in wartime situations, a fighting force will exhibit complete unification and support among one another in its common conquests. This is not always the case, however, as is evident in the novel Catch-22 by Joseph Heller. In this novel, t...