Second World War Satire in Joseph Heller's Catch-22

Abstract

This bachelor thesis focuses on the use of satire in Joseph Heller's war novel Catch-22. The bachelor thesis depicts the way satire is used to criticize the military complex and the capitalist society. In addition, the connection between Catch-22 and the questioned sanity of soldiers, which the concept is based on, is examined. Finally, the possibility of escaping the situation caused by Catch-22 and the potential change a system is analysed.