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mind. All of the pilots are coping (except Yossarian) with the war in different waysThe daredevil pilot, McWatt, loves to buzz his friend Yossarians tent. Mess officer Milo Minderbender turns his job into an international black-market food syndicate. Lead Bombardier Havermeyer Zeros in on targets, no matter how much anti-aircraft peppers his plane. Yet the most crazy are the people in charge. A feud between two generals makes picture-perfect placement of bombs more important then actually hitting a target. The general in command is a recluse who orders his aide to let people in to see him only when he is out. The use of comparison is throughout the book, furthering the theme of military ignorance. Besides businessmen, the commanding officers act like insane gods, while Yossarian, is a sort of reluctant Achilles. No matter what the officers throw at him, he keeps on living. He is paranoid that his luck will someday run out. To drive home his ideas, Heller employs satire. He uses humour to convey situations which are utterly horrible, allowing Heller to poke fun at authority. . The reader cant help but be amused at the fact that Yossarians parachute was taken from him in exchange for a share in Milos franchise. Perhaps the most important aspect of the book, is the idea, that individuality is more important then dying for ones country. A second ago you were stepping into college with your lungs full of fresh air. Today you are an old man. Youre inches away from death every time you go on a mission. How much older can you be at your age? A half minute before you were stepping into high school, ....... only a fifth of a second before that you were a small kid with a ten week summer vacation that lasted a hundred years and still ended to soon. Zip! They go rocketing by so fast. How the hell else are you ever going to slow down? Yossarian does not believe in what he is fighting for, he thinks its all crazy, There is no point of him fighting, h...

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