| A | B |
|---|
| symbol of capitalism and greed | Milo Minderbinder |
| Purpose of Milo's enterprising skills | allow him to make deals with almost anyone |
| symbol of inhumanity in bureaucracy | Soldier in white |
| why the Soldier in white is nameless | Bureaucracy views men as nameless |
| symbol of loneliness and alienation | Major Major |
| symbol of shelter and safety | The Hospital |
| Symbol of artifice and worthlessness | Chocolate-covered cotton |
| Symbol of man's mortality | Snowden's guts |
| Symbol of injustice and absurdity | increasing number of missions |
| what really shows the depth of a character | His actions |
| what shows inner-traits of a character | Physical appearance |
| type of narration | Omniscient |
| type of point of view | third person but through Yossarian |
| type of tone | Flat satirical |
| type of tense | Past tense |
| setting | end of WWII, island of Pianosa (Italy) |
| protagonist | John Yossarian |
| Major Conflict | Yossarian's struggle to stay alive |
| Rising Action | Yossarian's growing certainty that he will never be going home |
| Two Climaxes | Yossarian can either face a court martial or be sent home, then his choice |
| Falling Action | Deserts the army and flees the camp |
| Themes | Power of bureaucracy, loss of religious faith, impotence of language, inevitability of death |
| Motifs | number of missions, Catch-22, Washington Irving |
