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Catch 22

The Effects of In literature sometimes a character can be helped or hindered by the economic, social, or political conditions of the day. In the novel by Joseph Heller, the character Doc Daneeka illustrates this idea perfectly because the conditions surrounding him greatly hindered him. takes place during WWII on an island named Pianosa that is close to Italy. Doc Daneeka is adversely affected by the war in the end because when it began he was making a profit from it as other doctors had been drafted, but then his day came too. Doc Daneeka was also hindered by the war because of what he had to endure throughout it. He hated his two medical assistants and his bunkmate. Doc Daneeka had to ...

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He received kickbacks from drug stores in the area that ran an illegal operation. He also utilized beauty parlors to perform two or three abortions a week to bring in more revenue. When the war begins, Doc Daneeka's practice starts to pick up because of the lack of other doctors. Originally, he thought of the war as a "godsend"; however what he did not realize was that, the war would catch up with him soon enough. One day someone from the draft board came to check on Doctor Daneeka, who was in perfect health, to make sure that his story about having an amputated leg and being bedridden with arthritis was true. The doctor explains to Yossarian, a major character in the novel, that he was outraged that the government would not take a doctor's word, especially a doctor that was in good standing with the Better Business Bureau. After they uncovered the doctor's lie, they sent him to Pianosa to act as a flight surgeon. The doctor hated flying on airplanes. In his own words he said, "I ...

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Added: 11/10/2004 09:44:48 PM
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