ed with insanity, where the men ( or soldiers) find themselves trapped in a crazy world, where each man seek their own solution of how to deal with society. For example; Havermeyer shoots mice to pieces; McWatt buzzes tents dangerously; Yossarian censors letters till no sense remains,; Orr seeks to be shot down. All these aspects of each individual's personal insanity perhaps allows them some control over an 'insane war' that may kill them at anytime. This again adds to the plain 'absurdity' of war in general, therefore creating a very anti-war image in the novel, perhaps showing that insanity is the only way dealing with the crazy situations in war.
             Absurdity throughout this novel seems to be a large theme., where there is a 'substitution of an inner landscape for and outer world. For example, time is made to expand or contract according to subjective requirements throughout the novel. The mental conditions itself, are presents in the 'form of a visual metaphor', for example, chapters 1 to 17, where a psychological reality of war is attempted to be made. An
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