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Catch 22 (Annotated) Study Guide and Aid
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This is a 68 Page breakdown of Joseph Heller's "Catch 22" .This study aid gives detail summaries and analysis of each chapter as well the understanding. This includes plots, character analysis, themes, symbols, quotations, and key facts from the work.
My study aids are well put together in an easy to read format that will guarantee success. Unlike other postings, I have included a snip below on how my study aids are written and analyzed.
Example Summary from Chapter 1
The story begins in an officers' ward in a military hospital. The narrator focuses on Yossarian, a captain in the 256th Squadron who seems to have an outlandish sense of humor. He claims a liver problem to obtain hospital rest, and gets away with it because his normal temperature is 101 degrees F. As an officer, he has to spend some of his hospital time censoring the letters of enlisted men. He is supposed to sign the letters, and does sign some--the ones he hasn't read. To combat boredom, he plays games with the ones he does read. One day he takes out all the adjectives; another day he removes everything but the articles--a, an, and the. These letters he signs "Washington Irving" or the reverse, "Irving Washington." Can you imagine the frustration of people receiving those letters? They must be complaining, since the C.I.D. (an abbreviation that may stand for Central Intelligence Division) has assigned a man to the ward to track down Officer "Irving" or "Washington."
Besides the fact that Yossarian found Washington Irving's name conveniently reversible, he may have had other reasons for selecting that signature. Washington Irving (1783-1859) was an American essayist, fiction writer, publisher, editor, biographer, and diplomat. His work was popular both in America and in England, and his stories "Rip Van Winkle" and "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" have become classics. Americans identified especially with Rip Van Winkle--an antihero who made a success out of failure. Many passages in Irving's works contain black humor. Apparently the C.I.D. man and his superiors know nothing about Washington Irving. What does the entire situation suggest to you--both about Yossarian's choice of signature and about the fictional intelligence agency, the C.I.D.?
This is a 68 Page breakdown of Joseph Heller's "Catch 22" .This study aid gives detail summaries and analysis of each chapter as well the understanding. This includes plots, character analysis, themes, symbols, quotations, and key facts from the work.
My study aids are well put together in an easy to read format that will guarantee success. Unlike other postings, I have included a snip below on how my study aids are written and analyzed.
Example Summary from Chapter 1
The story begins in an officers' ward in a military hospital. The narrator focuses on Yossarian, a captain in the 256th Squadron who seems to have an outlandish sense of humor. He claims a liver problem to obtain hospital rest, and gets away with it because his normal temperature is 101 degrees F. As an officer, he has to spend some of his hospital time censoring the letters of enlisted men. He is supposed to sign the letters, and does sign some--the ones he hasn't read. To combat boredom, he plays games with the ones he does read. One day he takes out all the adjectives; another day he removes everything but the articles--a, an, and the. These letters he signs "Washington Irving" or the reverse, "Irving Washington." Can you imagine the frustration of people receiving those letters? They must be complaining, since the C.I.D. (an abbreviation that may stand for Central Intelligence Division) has assigned a man to the ward to track down Officer "Irving" or "Washington."
Besides the fact that Yossarian found Washington Irving's name conveniently reversible, he may have had other reasons for selecting that signature. Washington Irving (1783-1859) was an American essayist, fiction writer, publisher, editor, biographer, and diplomat. His work was popular both in America and in England, and his stories "Rip Van Winkle" and "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" have become classics. Americans identified especially with Rip Van Winkle--an antihero who made a success out of failure. Many passages in Irving's works contain black humor. Apparently the C.I.D. man and his superiors know nothing about Washington Irving. What does the entire situation suggest to you--both about Yossarian's choice of signature and about the fictional intelligence agency, the C.I.D.?
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First published May 24, 2011
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