Literary Devices.

Paradox- I am on page 54 of Catch-22 by Joseph Heller where Yossarian is discussing getting grounded so that he may leave the war. "There was only one catch and that was Catch-22, which specified that a concern for one's own safety in the face of dangers that were real and immediate was the process of a rational mind. Orr was crazy and could be grounded. All he had to do was ask; and as soon as he did, he would no longer be crazy and would have to fly more missions," (54). This is a contradictory statement because he could only be grounded if he was crazy, but if he stated he was crazy, he couldn't be grounded because anyone with a rational thought process would request to be grounded. In a way, there really was no way to be grounded, so the rules contradict themselves.

Pun- Page 70 and a new character has been introduced. I find his name incredibly amusing and ironic at the same time. "Corporal Snark was an intellectual snob who felt he was 20 years ahead of his time and did not enjoy cooking down to the masses," (70). I found this ironic because the dictionary definition of the word snark is "snide and sharply critical comments", and Corporal Snark is a rather judgmental, snobbish person, thereby living up to his name.

Irony- "'Since we weren't going to let him sign loyalty oaths anyway, it doesn't really matter whether we have them or not.'" I actually face-palmed at this part, not gonna lie. He made everyone go to the effort of saying the pledge of allegiance every day, singing the national anthem, and signing loyalty oaths to prove that since Major Major didn't do it, he wasn't a loyal soldier, but Major Major couldn't because Captain Black wouldn't allow him to. So why did he make everyone else go through all that effort when Major Major was forbidden from doing the same thing anyway?