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Who Is The Antagonist In Catch 22

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Catch-22 takes place on the island of Pianosa, during the time of the second half of World War II. The main protagonist, John Yossarian is an US Air force bomber. John Yossarian a man who is interested in living forever and tries anyway possible to escape the military. The Chaplin is a friend of Yossarian who throughout the book is having doubts about God and religion because it is being used for all the wrong reasons in the military. Another character is Colonel Cathcart, who is an antagonist in the novel. The Colonel keeps increasing the amount of missions that Yossarian's squadron must go on to try to impress his superiors so that he can climb up the ladder while his men are in danger. Doc Daneeka is the medical officer in Catch-22, and

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