If you can't even find the main conflicts and resolutions from sparknotes, no one can help you.

P.S. Do you own work, it's not like writing a paragraph is hard.

dronebabo

10866 Posts

October 09 2006 12:27 GMT

#11

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Myxomatosis

United States2392 Posts

October 09 2006 12:27 GMT

#12

no one is going to do your fucking homework for you. there are other places to get that done. if its for a simple question, fine, but asking someone to write paragraph for you? wtf. its a stupid paragraph, do it yourself. its a good book too.

Peanuts.

United States378 Posts

October 09 2006 12:29 GMT

#13

Apparently you aren't SparkNotes literate because Catch-22 IS there.

http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/catch22/

Hopefully you will learn to look before you make a topic next time, thanks!

DaRkReBeL

United States30 Posts

October 09 2006 12:38 GMT

#14

On October 09 2006 21:27 Myxomatosis wrote:
no one is going to do your fucking homework for you. there are other places to get that done. if its for a simple question, fine, but asking someone to write paragraph for you? wtf. its a stupid paragraph, do it yourself. its a good book too.

last time i came on this site ppl were doing math problems for each other, and if you read the book it takes 2 minutes to type up a paragraph. Define simple question? What's 2+2? This is a simple question.

Lemonwalrus

United States5465 Posts

October 09 2006 12:42 GMT

#15

Math homework is different, they need help because they don't understand a concept, you need help because you are lazy.

dronebabo

10866 Posts

October 09 2006 12:43 GMT

#16

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DJEtterStyle

United States2766 Posts

October 09 2006 12:43 GMT

#17

Drop out.

lil.sis

China4650 Posts

October 09 2006 12:47 GMT

#18

this is an awesome book. in it, A disoriented and ill-trained American soldier named Billy Pilgrim is captured by German soldiers and is forced to live in a makeshift prison, the deep cellars of a disused slaughterhouse in the city of Dresden, Germany. Billy has become "unstuck in time" for unexplained reasons (though it's hinted towards the end that his surviving a plane crash left him with mild brain damage) so he randomly and repeatedly visits different parts of his life, including his death. He meets, and is later kidnapped by, aliens from the planet Tralfamadore, who exhibit him in a Tralfamadorian zoo with Montana Wildhack, a pornographic movie star. The Tralfamadorians see in four dimensions, the fourth dimension being time. Tralfamadorians have seen every instant of their lives already; they cannot choose to change anything about their fate, but can choose to focus on any moment in their lives that they wish.

Throughout the novel, Billy hops back and forth in time, reliving various occasions in his life; this gives him a constant sense of stage fright, as he never knows what part of his life is coming up next. He spends time on Tralfamadore; in Dresden; numbly wading through deep snow in WWII Germany before his capture; living married in America after the war; up to the moment of his murder on Earth many years later. By the time of his murder, Billy has adopted Tralfamadorian fatalism, which has given him great personal peace; he has spread this philosophy to millions of humans and has become a popular public figure on Earth.

Billy's fatalism appears to be grounded in reality (at least in the reality which Billy perceives); after noting that Billy had a copy of the Serenity Prayer in his office, the narrator says, "Among the things Billy Pilgrim could not change were the past, the present, and the future." One of his Tralfamadorian captors, who seems sympathetic to humans, says that out of 31 inhabited planets it has visited, "only on Earth is there any talk of free will."

The book examines many other events in Billy's life, including the death of his wife, his capture by the Nazis in World War II, and the infamous bombing of Dresden that was the inspiration for the book. The novel uses certain phrases repetitively, such as "so it goes"—which, used whenever death or dying is mentioned (be it that of a man, an animal, or the bubbles in champagne), serves to downplay mortality, making it routine and even humorous—and "mustard gas and roses", to denote the horrible odor of a rotting corpse or a drunk's breath.

Billy's death is the result of a strange string of events. During the fighting, Billy was an incredibly inept fighter, which according to Roland Weary, led to the capture of both. Because Weary blames Billy for his capture (and eventual death,) Weary's morbid friend Lazzaro vows to have him killed, as according to him, revenge is "the sweetest thing in life." Billy, who travels in time, already knows where and how he will be killed: Lazzaro has him shot with a ray gun after a public speaking event in a future where the United States has been balkanized. During Billy's public speech he declares that following his lecture he will be killed, so he uses this fact to convey his message that because time is another dimension all three-dimensional slices as we know them exist simultaneously. Therefore, everyone is always alive and death is not a tragic event.

Hot_Bid

Braavos36399 Posts

October 09 2006 12:52 GMT

#19

why are you so nice lil.sis

he needs to do his own fucking work.

Bill307

Canada9103 Posts

October 09 2006 12:58 GMT

#20

I wrote a short essay on Catch-22 in high school (and got a good mark for it, too!). Here is my summary from that essay of the 3 main conflicts and resolutions:

In Catch-22, there are 3 main conflicts and 3 corresponding resolutions. The first main conflict is between Yossarian and Colonel Cathcart. The colonel cannot stand dissent in his ranks, while Yossarian is mischevious by heart. The second conflict is between Hungry Joe and the Chaplain. Joe is quick to indulge in his meals and frequently omits to say his prayers beforehand. This and other neglect for spirituality cause the Chaplain to become frustrated as he tries desperately to help Joe see the light. The third conflict is Doc Daneeka and Hungry Joe. Being his bastard brother, Daneeka cares deeply for Joe, but like the Chaplain, he cannot turn his brother away from his dark master: the quarter-pounder with cheese. To cite a memorable passage, "I'm surprised your ass can fit through your bedroom door." said the Doc to Joe (Heller 88). In the end, all 3 conflicts are resolved. The colonel rediscovers his inner child. The Chaplain finally confronts Joe face-to-face and in response, Joe eats him. And finally, after coming to terms with his throbbing homosexuality, Doc Daneeka convinces Hungry Joe to slay his oily demons, ultimately saving his life.

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