The atrocity of war More than the end of war, we want the end of the beginning of all wars - yes, the end of this brutal, inhumane and totally impracticable for settling disputes. between governments (Franklin D. Roosevelt). In the minds of some, war is glorified. The romanticized perspective on which society bases war is reversed in the book Catch-22. The Vietnam War made this book an anti-war classic because of the paradoxical nature of war. Heller sees war as a no-win situation. The book expands on the sound and foolish ways of the nation. The question is who should determine who is crazy? This all comes back to the paradox that “Catch-22” offers. The trauma illustrated by this book threatens the government's ideal of peace. There was a time when Heller's classic satire on the deadly madness of war was nothing less than a rite of passage. Throughout the book, he reveals a portrait of the war that is reality. The sarcasm and structure of this novel are Heller's way of showing the reality of the despair of war. The author illustrates war as insignificant; his characters do not fight the enemy, but they fight against themselves. The world has known war since the dawn of time, but time must change if the nation is to prosper in a positive direction. In Catch-22, most sane characters devote all their time and energy to getting home. Yossarian, the book's main character, was the most determined to stay alive. “The enemy,” Yossarian retorted, “is anyone who wants you killed, regardless of their side” (120). All around him he felt like people were trying to kill him. His main fear was that everyone, including his troops, would shoot at him. Yossarian informs: “They are trying to kill me” (11). Everywhere he turned, he thought people were chasing him. Even in the dining room, he felt that the cooks wanted to poison him. With the trauma he's been through, no one can blame him for being paranoid. Anything he could do to get out of the missions, he tried. His goal was to return home alive, and he would do anything to achieve it. He never thought twice about the duty he had to perform for his government. The goal of war is to kill innocent people. Not only did Yossarian fight to return home, but he also struggled with the guilt he faced for his lack of courage. Nothing he faced could stop him from leaving the war. Not only did he have to fight the constant fear of death, but he also had to fight the