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The novel, Catch-22, is a comedy about soldiers during
World War II. However, this comic scenes and phrases are
quite tragic when they are thought about, as most things
related to war are, which makes this comedy completely
absurd. The best way to represent this idea is through the
characters in the book, specifically, Yossarian, Huple, and
Nately's whore's kid sister and the events that occur with
their thoughts and their actions. Clearly, the main character
and one whose life is chiefly described, is Yossarian.
Yossarian has a slightly sick sense of humor and way of
looking at things. In the first chapter, Heller tells us that
letters sent by the soldiers had to be reviewed in order to
prevent any secret information going out to the public, or,
even worse, to the enemy. Yossarian, from lack of anything
better to do, censors all the letters. Sometimes he crosses
out everything but a, an and the, sometimes adjectives,
whatever he feels like that day. For his final......

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