Satire in Catch-22 by Joseph Heller

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When continuing his discussion with Major Danby at the end of the book, Yossarian uses an analogy to indicate to the Major just what it is like being controlled by higher powers. After Danby wishes he was a cucumber or some kind of vegetable so he did not have to make important decisions, Yossarian states that if he was a "good one" then "they'd cut you off in your prime and slice you up for a salad" and if he was a "poor one" then "they'd let you rot and use you for fertilizer to help the good ones grow" (457)...
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When continuing his discussion with Major Danby at the end of the book, Yossarian uses an analogy to indicate to the Major just what it is like being controlled by higher powers. After Danby wishes he was a cucumber or some kind of vegetable so he did not have to make important decisions, Yossarian states that if he was a "good one" then "they'd cut you off in your prime and slice you up for a salad" and if he was a "poor one" then "they'd let you rot and use you for fertilizer to help the good ones grow" (457)...
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