Hypocrisy In Tim O 'Brien's Catch-22'

This quote is demonstrating how Catch-22 has defeated its own purpose. The government wants to cut out any questionable text from the letters. If an officer signs his name, then the officer is allowing the censorship to be traced back to him, which essentially sets up the censored text to be revealed. This quote is highlighting one of the novel’s themes, hypocrisy. This theme is important to the story because on numerous occasions Catch-22 will make a statement, flips that statement, and always ends up defeating the people who try to reason through it.

The quote is showing Yossarian and Dunbar mocking the Texan for his extreme patriotism. The American lifestyle is what they are fighting to protect. They demonstrate that it is selfish and senseless for them to fight for more material wealth, then those who already have a lot of material wealth, for their own benefit. This quote is highlighting one of the novel’s themes, power. This theme is important to the novel because, the officers have no compassion for human life or any sense of morality and they only answer to the individuals who have a lot of power. …show more content…
Yossarian fools the doctors into thinking that he has a liver condition when he does not. He does this so that he can stay in the hospital away from combat duty. This quote is highlighting one of the novel’s themes, lies and deceit. This theme is important to the novel because, a lot of the characters do not hesitate about lying to each other to achieve their