"Catch-22" (Joseph Heller)

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"The conversation between Colonel Cathcart and the Chaplain in Chapter 19 of Catch-22 illustrates the theme of bureaucratic mentalities. Colonel Cathcart is the epitome of the bureaucratic mindset. Joseph Heller, the author, emphasizes Colonel Cathcart's selfish motives by presenting him in contrast to the Chaplain, who suffers for others. The episode between Colonel Cathcart and the Chaplain proves that there is always a "catch-22," even for diehard bureaucrats.

Colonel Cathcart is a man blinded by irrational ambition. His desire is to make general, and he plots to accomplish this by calling attention to his own deeds: "He was complacent and insecure, daring in the administrative stratagems he employed to bring himself to the attention of his superiors and craven in his concern that his schemes might all backfire" (197). Colonel..."

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