The only freedom we really have
is the freedom to say no.
Heller makes you work for understanding; he says of Catch-22,
“My
objective is not merely to tell the reader a story but to make him a
participant—to have him experience the book rather than read it.”
Things
to look for:
·
Figure
out the timeline for the plot; the novel is told in a non-sequential
order. What is the author’s purpose in
doing so?
·
Representations
of greed, guilt, and confusion.
·
Consider
the techniques of satire, repetition, wordplay, and style
This
is not meant to give you answers or help you understand plot but to consider
how each chapter works to build the novel as a whole.
This
is relatively detailed and includes plot related questions in addition to
“thinking” questions; unfortunately page numbers do not necessarily match your
book.
Explanation of the term, logical foundations, and examples
An image of the bombardier’s
controls
Images
of the B25: one, two, three, cross-section
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Map
of the Italian bomber flights
A list of deaths and the chapters in which
they are found
The chapters leading up to Snowden's death
The passage related to Snowden’s death
Sample annotations of the passage related to Snowden’s death NEW
Snowden's death word cloud NEW
Yossarian's journey into hell (The
Seminar questions
(including the admission ticket assignment)
link
to word cloud software
To celebrate the 50th
anniversary, Random House commissioned an animated video with audio excerpts from
the book. Check it out here NEW
Journal assignment
for novel