Final Paper

For the final paper I have chosen to read and discuss Catch-22 by Joseph Heller. I am nearing the end of the novel and have so far enjoyed the book. Heller’s use of ironies, paradoxes, and just old-fashioned slapstick humor is very enjoyable. The generally humorous tone of the novel makes it a different kind of literary great and separates it from most other novels from the suggested reading list.


I plan to stick with the saying, “if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it” and analyze the novel in relation to Biblical meaning. The parallelisms between the story itself and various religious references are something that stick out in particular to myself while reading. Of course on the off chance I don’t find enough material to write about however, I may find myself writing on a very different topic.