Summary - Catch-22: Based On The Book By Joseph Heller

SUMMARY

CATCH-22

BASED ON THE BOOK BY JOSEPH HELLER

SUMMARY WRITTEN BY: SPEEDY LIBRARY

CONTENT

Introduction to Pianosa and Yossarian's Hospital Stay

Encounters and Absurdities in the Squadron

The Ills and Oddities of Individuals

Milo's Expanding Syndicate and Unusual Transactions

Leadership and Peculiar Directives

The Chaplain's Struggles and Corporal Whitcomb's Ambitions

Major Major's Isolation and the C.I.D. Investigation

Loss, Strange Missions, and Absurd Realities

The Soldier in White and Looming Departure

General Analysis

ABOUT THE ORIGINAL BOOK

Catch-22 by Joseph Heller plunges into the chaotic and satirical world of American airmen stationed in the Mediterranean during World War II. The central character, Yossarian, desperately tries to escape the increasingly dangerous bombing missions by any means necessary. His primary obstacle is the paradoxical "Catch-22," a military regulation that dictates a pilot is considered insane if he willingly continues to fly dangerous combat missions, but if he asks to be removed from duty, proving his sanity, he is then deemed fit to fly. The novel explores themes of the absurdity of war, bureaucratic madness, and the struggle for individual sanity within a nonsensical system.

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Release date

Audiobook: 18 March 2025