Term Papers on The Atrocity Of War

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The Atrocity Of War

The Atrocity of War More than an end to war, we want an
end to the beginning of all wars - yes, an end to this brutal,
inhuman and thoroughly impractical method of settling the
differences between governments (Franklin D. Roosevelt).
In some people’s minds, war is glorified. The romanticized
perspective that society bases war on is reversed in the
book Catch-22. The Vietnam War established the book as
an anti-war classic because of the war’s paradoxical nature.
Heller perceives war as a no win situation. The book
elaborates on the sane and the insane ways of the nation.
The question is who is to determine the insane? It all comes
back to the paradox that 'Catch-22' delivers. The trauma
this book illustrates threatens the government’s ideal of
peace. There was a time when Heller’s classic satire on the
murderous insanity of war was nothing less than a rite of
passage. Throughout the book it reveals a portrait of war
that is the reality. The sarcasm and structure of this novel is
Heller’s way to show the actuality of war’s dispair. The
author exemplifies war as trivial; his characters are not
fighting the enemy, but they are fighting within themselves.
The world has known war ever since the beginning of time,
but time has to change if the nation is going to prosper in a
positive direction. In Catch-22 most of the sane characters
put all of their time and energy into getting home. Yossarian,
the main character in the book, was the most determined to
stay alive. “The enemy,” retorted Yossarian, “is anybody
who’s going to get you killed, no matter which side he’s on”
(120). All around him he felt people were trying to kill him.
His main fear was everyone, including his troops, were
shooting at him. Yossarian informs, “They’re trying to kill
me” (11). Everywhere he turned he thought people were
after him. Even in the dining hall, he sensed the cooks
wanted to poison him. With the trauma he went through
nobody can blame him for being paranoid. Anything he
could do to get out of missions he tried. The goal that he set
was to go home alive, and he would do anything to achieve
it. Never did he think twice about what duty he had to
accomplish for his government. The whole objective in war
is for innocent people to die. Not only did Yossarian fight to
go home, but also he fought with the guilt he had to
encounter for his lack of bravery. Nothing that he faced
could stop him from leaving the war. Not only did he have to
battle the constant fear of death, he also had to fight the
inner trauma that was killing him inside. Another character in
the story who struggles against his own internal conflicts with
reality is Doc Daneeka. His character represents many of
the soldiers who go to war. All Daneeka was worried about
was his own welfare. His patients would approach him in
much more of a terrible condition than he was, but he would
only be concerned about himself. Not only did he hate
participating in the war, but also hated flying in airplanes.
Doc stated in his own words, “I don’t have to go looking for
trouble in an airplane” (28). He felt that troubles come after
him so there is no reason to take any actions that might get
him involved in more trouble. Instead of taking the initiative
to help the injured he opted to save his own life. The last
thing he was wor...

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