The most important motif found in Catch-22, is Catch-22 itself. The author uses Catch-22 throughout the story, not only to describe the circular reasoning the military uses on its pilots, but in behavior and dialog as well. It begins on the first page of the book, when Yossarian explains the doctors’ dilemma regarding Yossarian’s liver, and continues to the end of the book, when the old woman from the brothel summarized the idea of Catch-22 by telling Yossarian, “they have a right to do anything we can’t stop them from doing.”, This leads to Yossarian’s biggest realization:that Catch-22 never really existed, it was simply a word the military used to disregard logic and condone the actions of its superior officers. Catch22 is more than just
