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Catch-22 by Joseph Heller

No one could escape the vicious cycle of “catch-22�. But no matter how clear the futility of escape was, there were those who still attempted to escape. Joseph Heller’s Catch-22 clearly illustrated this situation. Catch-22 took place during World War II on an Italian island, Pianosa. Although the novel revolved around the protagonist, Captain John Yossarian, the story presented the different roles and perspectives of many other characters on the system. One such character was flight surgeon, Doc Daneeka, who clearly hated the way the military worked. However, in his attempts to escape or cheat the system, he was actually rid of everything at the end. The actions he took to show his opposition to the system was rather cowardly instead of heroic; he represented the men who tried to cheat the system that could not be cheated.

Doc Daneeka was at first benefited by the political state of the world, but his doomed future unveiled itself as he was......

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