Catch-22

               Catch-22 is a novel written by Joseph Heller that utilizes satire and irony to discuss WW II (Heller). As with many Postmodernist works it aims to denounce war and is staunchly opposed to it. It is an absurdist novel that greatly hyperbolizes the insanity of war and its consequences. In Heller's goal to enlighten his reader's about the pure insanity of war he coined a term, the namesake of the book, Catch-22. A Catch-22 is, "a paradoxical situation from which an individual cannot escape because of contradictory rules" (Catch-22(logic)). This paradox created in this Postmodernist work causes an entire breakdown of logic in its attempt to illustrate the absurdity of war. By utilizing hyperboles and creating a world even more absurd than our own Catch-22 destroys logic and creates problems with rules and regulations.  This is another example of Postmodernists creating destruction in their attempts to enlighten individuals, this time with War rather than the previous beauty.