Themes of Slaughterhouse 5 by Kurt vonnegut and Catch 22 by Joseph Hell

Themes of slaughterhousehouse 5 by Kurt vonnegut and Catch 22 by Joseph demon In the books, Slaughter House 5 by Kurt Vonnegut and Catch 22 by Joseph Heller thereare many themes that at first dont appear to be related but once given a closer look put one overstriking similarities. Both books are roughly one mans experience through World struggle II,one world a fighter pilot and a nonher being a pass. separately man is known as an anti- fighthero. They do not agree with the warfare and do not find it appropriate to fight for it. Neither of the deuce men was the average John Wayne war hero that fights and dies forhis farming. This is what makes these two books remain firm bug out from other war books. Bothof these books also were used during the Vietnam War as anti-war books denouncing thewar. One major theme that comes up in two of these books is the theme of no plain will. In Slaughterhouse 5 Vonnegut proclaims through the narrator that there is no such thingas pl ain will and that all things in life are predestined. That no affaire what we chose to dowe really arent choosing to do it at all and that the survival was already made. In Catch 22the theme is the same in force(p) brought to our attention in a different way. Catch 22 is aparadox, departure no way of escaping from a dilemma. No matter what we do or say wecant escape it thus leaving us with no free will. Catch 22 is best expound in the bookwhen Yossarian states, You dont have to fly any longer missions if youre barbaric, but youhave to ask first and if you ask than youre not crazy because anyone that wants to buzz off outof combat is not crazy (Heller 46). The utter simplicity of this catch at one-point makesYossarian let out a whistle. So in essence both of these characters are plagued with thefact that they have no free will. Billy Pilgrim because everything in life is predestined sohe has no say in what goes on and Yossarian because he has to moderate flying more missionsb ecause of Catch 22. Another major theme that comes across in these books is the anti-war hero. Bothmain characters are the exact opposite of what we would reach war heroes. Yossarianhas no intention of laying down his life for his country and thinks anyone that would isutterly stupid. He many times in the book tries to get out of flying more missions byadmitting himself to the hospital although he is not sick and ... ...how theridiculousness of war. They were written to share with everybody that sometimes it isntthe soldier who kills the most enemy or the pilot who bombs the most targets that are theheroes of the war but it is those people that stand up and proclaim the utter imbecility ofwar. The heroes are those who stand up for what they believe is right even if that operatordisobeying an order. These books were written most of all to share with us that war is rail at and is a waste of valuable lives. They convinced us that all free will and sanity islost in war and that it can get down men not just physically but also mentally. I think Hellerput it best when he described what Yossarian was qualifying through when his friend wasdying in his arms,Yossarian was cold, and shivering uncontrollably. He felt goose pimples clacking all overhim as he gazed down despondently at the grim secret Snowden had spilled all over themessy floor. It was unaccented to read the message in his entails. Man was matter, that wasSnowdens secret. Drop him out a window and he will fall. Set fire to him and he willburn. Bury him and he will rot, like other kinds of garbage. The center gone, man isgarbage