WHO IS THE ENEMY? THE BLURRED LINES OF HISTORY IN JOSEPH HELLER’S CATCH-22
WHO IS THE ENEMY? THE BLURRED LINES OF HISTORY IN JOSEPH HELLER’S CATCH-22

Summary/Abstract: This study explores the concept of enemy in Joseph Heller’s novel, Catch-22. Heller attempts a demystification of core American values and uses black humour,the absurd, insanity and a disrupted timeline as literary devices to illustrate hisinterpretation of history. Whether in time of war or peace, the concept of enemy isnever clear cut, but full of nuances. Values such as patriotism or justice are lost inpetty interpersonal conflicts or sacrificed to the pursuit of material profit, as themeaning of enemy can easily shift back and forth between the limits friend and foe.

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