Movie Analysis Catch 22 - 1722 Words

7. Climax (a) Description: Catch-22 has two climaxes which occur simultaneously. The first climax happens when Yossarian receives the choice by Colonel Cathcart: He can either go home, or face the court-martial. The exact details of the choice twist the decision so Yossarian will lose either way. If he goes home, the excuse his superiors make for discharging him in order to save face will include a tall tale, where Yossarian kills a Nazi spy, but not before the spy injures him horribly. In order to fulfill Yossarian’s mission requirement, his unfulfilled missions will spread evenly and flown by everyone in Yossarian’s squadron. Yossarian will return a war hero, but not before forcing his comrades into unnecessary danger. If he refuses the†¦show more content†¦(b) â€Å"You’re the new squadron commander. But don’t think that means anything, other than that you’re the new squadron commander† (Heller 57). (c) â€Å"Clevinger was guilty, of cours e or he would not have been accused, and since the only way to prove it was to find him guilty, it was their patriotic duty to do so† (Heller 81). (d) â€Å"Man was matter, that was Snowden s secret. Drop him out a window and he ll fall. Set fire to him and he ll burn. Bury him and he ll rot, like other kinds of garbage. The spirit gone, man is garbage† (Heller 130). (e) â€Å"The enemy is anybody who s going to get you killed, no matter which side he s on, and that includes Colonel Cathcart† (Heller 124). 9. Techniques, Terms, and Vocabulary (a) Allusion- an expression designed to call something to mind without explicitly mentioning it - Catch-22 references many other works, including The Bible, Karl Marx, Homer, and Moby Dick. (b) Satire - the use of irony, sarcasm, hyperbole and the like to expose a flaw in some part of society - Catch-22 uses satire to show the ridiculousness of the military bureaucracy. (c) Dramatic Irony - irony which the audience or readers understand, but the characters do not - The actual rule of Catch-22 causes many instances of dramatic irony. (d) Foil - a character who contrasts with another in order to emphasize a different character - almost all of the characters in Catch-22 serve as foils to Yossarian, consideringShow MoreRelatedBlack Humor in America2112 Words   |  9 Pagesoften reflective of the situations going on in the world. One example of this is the movie Dr. Strangelove, a film about nuclear war, being created during the Cold War era. There are many different forms of black humor but they almost always deal with a serious event. Black humor first began in American film in the middle 1920s. Many scholars agree that the first film was Gold Rush in 1925. 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