Yossarian Plight Of Women Analysis

This research seeks to relate the plight of women in American war and literature. As it can be seen from the novel, women play an insignificant role in the war though their presence in the storyline makes the story interesting as well as diverting the reader from the monotonous actions of war. There are a number of women that has been discussed in this novel which will generally reveal the entire story that women face in every war torn country or in time of war. This novel is therefore a good simulator of the real plight of women during the time of war (Heller 1-249). Since all the enlistees in Yossarian's squadron are male, women play only a minor role in the novel (Heller 73). They therefore act as barometers which measure the qualities of men who interact with them. In the novel, Yossarian passionately falls in love with every woman that he meets. This is a symptom of his desperate desire to seize as much of life as before his death. One instance of this desire occurs …show more content…
It is true that in any country that is in war the women and young girls suffer the blunt of dehumanizing actions such as rape and murder. From the novel, some women were raped and murdered by the soldiers. In addition, immorality is evidenced with soldiers living riotously with many lovers and sleeping with women that have been married. Prostitution has also been discussed with many women posing as hookers in Rome to attract the attention of the soldiers. Beauty and attractiveness have been viewed as some of the contributing factors leading to immorality in the story. Yassarian describes Dori Duz as fair, needing to have a second opportunity to lie with her. On the other hand, Dreedle used his young beautiful assistant to tempt his son-in-law to adultery in order to punish him. There has been also a contrast between the ill-famed women and the virtuous ones thus depicting the immorality in the war