Catch-22
Introduction + Context
Plot Summary
Detailed Summary & Analysis
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Chapter 15
Chapter 16
Chapter 17
Chapter 18
Chapter 19
Chapter 20
Chapter 21
Chapter 22
Chapter 23
Chapter 24
Chapter 25
Chapter 26
Chapter 27
Chapter 28
Chapter 29
Chapter 30
Chapter 31
Chapter 32
Chapter 33
Chapter 34
Chapter 35
Chapter 36
Chapter 37
Chapter 38
Chapter 39
Chapter 40
Chapter 41
Chapter 42
Themes
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Paradox and Impossibility
War and Bureaucracy
Communication and Miscommunication
Gallows Humor
Self-interest, Altruism, and Morality
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Characters
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John “Yo-Yo” Yossarian
Chaplain Tappman
Doc Daneeka
Chief White Halfoat and Flume
Aarfy
Nately’s Whore and her kid sister
Milo Minderbinder
Colonel Cathcart
Colonel Korn
Generals Dreedle and Peckem
Major Major
Dunbar
The Soldier in White
Snowden
Orr
Major Danby
Symbols
All Symbols
Catch-22
Rome
Literary Devices
All Literary Devices
Allusions
Anthropomorphism
Dramatic Irony
Flashbacks
Foil
Genre
Hyperbole
Idioms
Imagery
Irony
Mood
Oxymorons
Paradox
Parody
Personification
Setting
Similes
Situational Irony
Stream of Consciousness
Style
Tone
Verbal Irony
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Catch-22
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Joseph Heller
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Introduction
Intro
Plot Summary
Plot
Summary & Analysis
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Chapter 15
Chapter 16
Chapter 17
Chapter 18
Chapter 19
Chapter 20
Chapter 21
Chapter 22
Chapter 23
Chapter 24
Chapter 25
Chapter 26
Chapter 27
Chapter 28
Chapter 29
Chapter 30
Chapter 31
Chapter 32
Chapter 33
Chapter 34
Chapter 35
Chapter 36
Chapter 37
Chapter 38
Chapter 39
Chapter 40
Chapter 41
Chapter 42
Themes
All Themes
Paradox and Impossibility
War and Bureaucracy
Communication and Miscommunication
Gallows Humor
Self-interest, Altruism, and Morality
Quotes
Characters
All Characters
John “Yo-Yo” Yossarian
Chaplain Tappman
Doc Daneeka
Chief White Halfoat and Flume
Aarfy
Nately’s Whore and her kid sister
Milo Minderbinder
Colonel Cathcart
Colonel Korn
Generals Dreedle and Peckem
Major Major
Dunbar
The Soldier in White
Snowden
Orr
Major Danby
Symbols
All Symbols
Catch-22
Rome
Lit Devices
All Literary Devices
Allusions
Anthropomorphism
Dramatic Irony
Flashbacks
Foil
Genre
Hyperbole
Idioms
Imagery
Irony
Mood
Oxymorons
Paradox
Parody
Personification
Setting
Similes
Situational Irony
Stream of Consciousness
Style
Tone
Verbal Irony
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Theme Viz
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