Mott the Hoople
Sweet Jane
Sorry Dude. It’s a Catch-22 thread and I was channeling Major Major’s father.
Catch-22
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Sorry Dude. It’s a Catch-22 thread and I was channeling Major Major’s father.
Mason Melchizedek
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There is a missing chapter of Catch 22,that Playboy published years ago ,very funny chapter,I don't know why Joe Heller didn't include it!
Mott the Hoople
Sweet Jane
Probably cause the original manuscript was like 1000 pages. I’ve seen interviews with the editors and it was a tough book to edit.
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Mott the Hoople
Sweet Jane
Don’t be a Scheiskopf!
From my perspective it's about how absurd and inefficient government is...
Mason Michaels
Verified User
So much more than that!
Things like Yossarian and the woman having the deep discussion about the God they don't believe in.
It's about everything in the outside world.
Unfortunately, your screwy backasswards perspective is so fucked up it means absolutely nothing.
What more would you expect from a right-wing simpleton who only heard about it after seeing this thread?
He probably Googled it then briefly skimmed over a synopsis on Wikipedia prior to pretending like he is actually familiar enough with the original novel to have an opinion about it.
Typical cheap, transparent Dork Soul ruse.
Mott the Hoople
Sweet Jane
I'm sorry you didn't understand the book.
You mean, from your screwy backasswards perspective...
I read it as a teenager...
Liar.
You're just saying that because we did.
You probably didn't even know it was a book until you saw this thread.
At best, you saw a promo ad for the new TV series and didn't think twice about it.
Mott the Hoople
Sweet Jane
So did I.
Catch-22 has multiple themes but the two most important themes are;
The absurdity of circular reasoning.
How hierarchical institutions abuse power.
On the later Heller scewered more than government bureaucracies. He also satirized the military, religion and corporations, etc,.
So you must have missed the chapters on Major Major, Milo Minderbinder and Chief White Halfoat, where he lampoons big business. That or you didn’t understand them.
No, I'm saying it because I read it as a teenager.
Or it was a long time ago and I remember the most how he demonstrated the stupidity of government institutions (including the military of course), as that helped shape my attitude about government in general.
So tell us which specific "government institutions" he "demonstrated the stupidity of" outside of the military.
Did he demonstrate the stupidity of tax increases? Gun legislation? Environmental regulations? Liberal court decisions? Illegal immigration? Gay rights?
I mention those particular "government institutions" because I know those are the ones you right-wing goobers hate the most and, having read the book myself countless times, I can't remember outside of the military command hierarchy, any non-military "government institutions" being ridiculed or having their stupidity demonstrated.
Hence, the reason why I still don't believe you read it any more than I believe you're an engineer or that you own those two houses or the car in your creepy ass video.
I doubt you ever read a book as a teenager.
