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In the era of the sixties, the nation was war torn by the American involvement in the Vietnam War. There were many questions and much controversy surrounding the war, concerning its usefulness as a tool to solve international problems. People questioned the concept of war, and how it affected the people involved. Many writers of the time wrote about war, often questioning it in many different sorts of ways. Joseph Heller, as a war veteran himself, felt the struggle that war caused in him and wrote to convey this struggle. In Joseph Heller's Catch 22, the different ways the soldiers view human life ultimately show that life is a reflection of how one regards it.
The distribution of power among the high-ranking officials shows that power and control are extreme privileges that must be dealt with extreme care. Colonel Cathcart's practice of constantly raising the number of missions necessary to return home ends up being his biggest mistake. Cathcart believes that when he raises the......

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