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Milo Minderbinder In Catch 22

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The Great Philosopher Voltaire once said, “It is dangerous to be right when the government is wrong.” This is a question that Joseph Heller (author of Novel Catch-22) must have asked himself once or twice. Catch-22 is laced with many themes that encourage the read to think in abstract manner, but one of the biggest ones is the incompetence of the government and how getting in their way can be bad for one’s health. Many Characters die throughout this book, in fact in retrospect the novel is a lot more depressing then it is humorous. If you pay attention to which characters die and what their relationship with their superiors was in novel you realize it was almost like they were offed. This theme is masked with comedy and the saddest part is that most people don’t see the tragic situation these characters are in. …show more content…
This is because is Milo Minderbinder is exactly the kind of people that “they” like, Milo is a capitalist and an opportunist, plain and simple. He exploits his fellow soldiers just like “they” do. Milo really has no enemies in the war, he is willing to work with anyone that can make him more money. He even goes as far to have Germans bomb American bases so he can corner the market on military planes. This gets many Americans killed, after this Milo is finally court martialed. But he gets off because he convinces “them” without capitalism the U.S. would not be as great as it is. Lieutenant Scheisskopf is another man who “they” like, he is has no since of morality and only cares about his parades. He is the one who is responsible for Clevinger being charged with messing up during a march and is also probably for responsible of Clevenger’s disappearance. But he is still is promoted to Colonel than finally

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