Q&A

• 1. Some critics have said that Yossarian is one of the first characters in modern American literature to fight against a powerful system. Imagine yourself in his position. Would you make the same choices he did? Why or why not? No, because it would take a lot to not care about something so important with drastic consequences to face later if your caught.

• Does it make sense to fight powerful systems like the military? No because either way it goes your going to get caught by them and punished because they have eyes and ears everywhere and doing the wrong thing doesn't always last long.

Can you think of any causes that might be worth fighting for? Only cause that is really negotiable is if your family is in danger at home and you don't want to sit back and not be able to do anything about it but go there yourself and say you tried.

2. According to Joseph Heller, “The only freedom we really have is the freedom to say no.” Explain what you think he means by this statement; What i think hew means is everything we can answer to and not be punished over is no because the person who asked you a question you answered it and there's nothing they can do about your choice you made because they got and answer and an answer is what they received but not exactly what they wanted to hear sometimes. Meaning we do have a choice.

Debate its philosophical merits. Do you agree or disagree with him? I am neutral about this situation because i understand what he means but all at the same time have to agree because sometimes saying no is what were looking for and sometimes we say yes because we really want to be involved.

Support your opinion with examples from historical and personal experience. For example, how does the above statement compare with the “just say no” catchphrase from the war against drugs? Because all i my life I have been told not to do drugs was good and saying no to it you would succeed in life instead of suffering and becoming a prisoner to drugs. I never tried drugs and never will because of the influence of the catchphrase and the influence that doing drugs could have on me so i was influenced by both drug use and the message they were sending. So saying no as our only freedom is the same way because its the only thing we actual have a choice to get into.

3. Analyze the impact of Heller’s choice of a satiric writing style on his novel. Would the book have been as effective if it had been written in a more serious manner? It would have been effective but many people wouldn't have enjoyed it as much therefore not really finishing the book because it would be boring, not to the entire audience, of course, but to the majority because the majority likes to laugh. So no i do not think it would have been as effective.

How might readers’ responses to the novel have been different? They would probably have been " wow this book is so boring i don't want to read it anymore." but the other half ,might say " hmm this is clever and deep i like it."

Would the book have the same meaning if the style were different? No because is this book sarcasm is everything and being straight forward you wouldn't have to guess, more like a dumb it down version.

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