Catch-22--第二十二条军规.pptVIP

Catch-22 Dalin Wang Catch-22 (work, paradoxical,) Background Plot Overview Character Analysis Themes Writing Techniques Content Catch-22 is a satirical novel which was first published in 1961. It is set during WWII in 1943 and is frequently cited as one of the great literary works of the twentieth century. It uses a distinctive non-chronological third-person omniscient narration, describing events from different characters points of view and out of sequence so that the time line develops along with the plot. 1. Catch-22 (paradoxical) insane so can be grounded claim insane only prove sane, can not be grounded a Catch-22 situation: an impossible situation because you cannot do one thing until you do another thing, but you cannot do the second thing until you do the first thing. 相互矛盾的困窘 Eg. Its a Catch-22 situation here. Nobody wants to support you until youre successful, but without the support how can you ever be successful? Nazi’s butcher: atomic bomb, people’s panic Cold war: Mccarthyism, mutural fear and hostility The Korean War and Vietnam War Assassination of Kennedy and Martin Luther King, Feminism, anti-war movement, Water-Gate scandal American dream disillusion 3. Plot Overview WWII, Yossarian and his squadron stationed on Pianosa. They endure a nightmarish, absurd existence defined by bureaucracy and violence. (inhuman resources, brutal combat situations, good aerial photographs, number of missions inscreasing, a war going on in Yossarian’s mind, crazy) 3. Plot Overview Yossarian’s story, core of the novel, events refracted through his point of view, take the war personally, not swayed by national ideals, furious when life in danger, desire to live, so in hospital, faking illness to avoid war, troubled by his memory of Snowden, him in ridiculous, absurd, desperate, tragic circumstances---friends disappear, bombed by own men, top dogs merciless. 3. Plot Overview Nately died in mission when falling in love with