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The Analysis of the Main Characters in Catch 22 程琳程琳 班级 2012 级英本 1 班 姓名 程琳 学号 12280118 Abstract Catch 22 is a famous novel for its black humor in the novel this novel writes about war but the theme is against the war It was written by Joseph Heller He used to be an bombardier of U S Air Force He used to devote himself in the battlefield of the Second World War then he choose to be a writer and a teacher for a long time This novel actually can be seen as a part of his real life s reflection The people in the novel are very scattering and the stories of each people are very different Especially the heroine of the novel Yossian is very disgusted with the war In other words we can see each person and their story singly But the heroine Yossian is always running through the whole novel So the analysis of main characters is very necessary if we want to get better understanding of this book This paper mainly analyze the main characters in the novel and the social factors which caused this kind of hustle among the militants and the reasons why they act so different in front of war The analysis of characteristics of the people in the novel would help readers understand the theme of the whole novel better Key Words Fairy tale Literature nonsense Alice s Adventure in Wonderland Reasons 1 Introduction One of the most typical and well known works of Fairy Tales with a Literature Nonsense Style is Alice s Adventure in Wonderland whose author is the famous English author Lewis Carroll Lewis Carroll was an English writer mathematician logician and photographer Lewis Carroll He primarily wrote comic fantasies and humorous verse that was often very childlike Juanjuan 11 His work Alice s Adventure in Wonderland was once even favored by Queen Victoria and has been adapted as films It tells a adventurous story about a little girl Alice who fell into a rabbit hole and occasionally into a crazy and ridiculous world In this world she gets bigger or smaller by drinking a drink and eating a cake with notes However she can t deal with it appropriately enough And she meets many animals and crazy and cruel the Queen of Hearts who are always saying nonsense and behaving oddly Finally she wakes up and find that all the odd thing was just her dream 2 Literature Review Fairy tales with a literature nonsense style is a distinctive type of fairy tale with with crazy wacky odd characters and unintelligible and puzzling and illogical plots The current studies of fairy tales with a literature nonsense style mainly focus on the aesthetic side and the exaggerated side of absurdity and nursery rhyme of literature nonsense style At home there s a paper Fairy Tale Exaggeration Absurd Life under Deformation by Peng Siyuan Abroad there s a paper Fairy Tale Fun and Nursery Rhyme Nonsense by Heese VaReane The current studies of Alice s Adventure in Wonderland have pay much attention to the logical side in the real world and the sense of it and the Initiation theme At home there are papers such as Truth behind Absurdity On the Realistic Logic of Alice s Adventure in Wonderland by Xing Baodan And abroad there s a paper Making Sense of Nonsense An Examination of Lewis Carroll s Alice s Adventures in Wonderland and Norton Juster s The Phantom Tollbooth as Allegories of Children s Learning by Maryn Brown They are usually study it from one side and not detailed enough Therefore fairy tales with a literature nonsense style still remain several points and still need further study from more new aspects to help readers make sense of the rationality of the fairy tales with a literature nonsense style enjoy the glamour and enchantment from multiple and exhaustive sides and help readers have a better understanding of this kind of works 3 The characteristics of fairy tales with a Literature Nonsense Style Fairy tale with a Literature Nonsense Style is a a special and distinctive type of fairy tales In respect of plot it is often unexpected unintelligible and puzzling for it s so ridiculous that will never happen in real life In respect of character the characters the author portray are crazy wacky and odd with whom you think you cannot get along In respect of language style it s full of humorous nonsense color and illogical With the normal logic and rule of the real world it s very difficult for you to get the point of humor and fun And the most special characteristic is that the purpose of it is not to give a lesson and educate people but touch your heart while you burst into laughter Thus it is totally different from the traditional fairy tale style that is peaceful with beautiful and lovely or apparent good and bad characters logical plots and full of morals 4 Factors making the fairy tales with a literature nonsense style popular 4 1 The aesthetic characteristic of children 4 1 1 The nature and aesthetic preference of children For children this point is the most attractive and magnetic one Children are born to be natural and pure Their world is simple and easy They are full of curiosity and fantasy about everything of the world Fantasy is one of their main abilities and also the bridge between their spirit world and the real world They need neither rigorous and persuasive arguments nor strict and tedious conclusions They don t understand and like abstract logic and other serious and dull thing What they need is vivid and animate things and simple pleasures They chase for all the things which are full of fantasy and magic imagination and illusion Thus was what belongs to their children world 4 1 2 The funny spectacles with weird features of the novel In Alice s adventure in Wonderland Alice notices a talking clothed White Rabbit with a pocket watch run past ch 1 She thinks it s interesting and amazing because she hasn t seem that scene at other place before She wants to figure it out Then she follows it down a rabbit hole into a fantasy world It s an odd and crazy world In the fantasy world she shrinks after drink the liquid of a bottle with DRINK ME and becomes bigger after eating a cake with EAT ME written on it Then she encounters many animals who can speak like human such as mouse and birds and they even hold the caucus race For adults this story plot is absurd and ridiculous because it will never ever happen in real life and in logic it s absolutely wrong and banned However it s fittest and best for children because its purpose is not to tell a rigid principle and it has no standards but give them an pleasant spiritual enjoyment and endless imagination And Alice s amazing adventure is what many children have been looking for and dream about They don t like the adult world which is complicated and confusing In adult world people always have many rules and principles and they always knit their brows always busy on constant works and always compare this to this Children don t understand that and also don t like that However children can find their spirit belonging that is Alice s wonderland Therefore the fairy tales with literature nonsense style attract the eyes of children with strange and lively spectacles and funny and weird features This is the glamour and fascination of fairy tales with literature nonsense style 4 2 Reflection of the real world 4 2 1 The straightforward character of Alice and her mistakes When Lewis Carroll portrays Alice he gives Alice not only the innocence and curiosity of children but also calm and intellect which a ordinary child doesn t have When Alice is in the fantastic wonderland she meet different kinds of characters In the process of contact and communication she criticizes the adult world sharply in a view of a child Her confession can expose the false mask of every character in the fantasy world at any time Thus was what many adult dare not to do For example when she meet the March Hare it asks her if she would like to have some wine and Alice hits the nail on the head that there s no wine at all on the table For the March Hare it s for polite to invite Alice the guest to have some wine However for the little girl Alice the March Hare is deceptive and false In real life some supposed polite formalities are false and cheat in the innocent world of children Why people say that flattering and pleasing words and why people do that deceptive and hypocritical behaviors 4 2 2 The criticism of adults behavior of covering mistakes Lewis Carroll also criticizes that many adults do many cockamamie and null work to cover their faults For example when Alice enters the garden she finds that a large rose tree growing white roses However there are three gardeners busily painting the white roses red Alice asks them why they do that The gardeners said because when they planted the rose tree they planted the false one They should have planted the red rose tree but they planted the white one In order to not to be fought by the queen they must pain the white rose into red In real life there are many people dare not to admit their faults and do many things to cover it Their life are difficult and uneasy Covering their mistakes may making them feel better at the moment But the world need the true thing If more people dare to say the true words and more people dare to do the right thing the world will become better 4 2 2 The reveal of adults helplessness in the real world In Alice s in Wonderland Lewis Carroll also reveal the helplessness of the adult in the real world In the novel Alice converts her figure and identity constantly and she can t recite the right poem so she often has no idea who she is She feels distressed and troubled She even spends many time in figuring out who she is She also tells her annoyance to a caterpillar and asks the caterpillar for help but in vain Until she gets angry with the queen s judgment wakes up from dream does she finds herself It is true in adult world Many people convert their characters so constantly in order to live easier that maybe they forget who they are In order to get money some people produces and sell unsafe and unqualified products and impair consumers health and rights They may get money but forget their identity of a human In order to get frame some people throw themselves into all kinds of social activities and business They may get frame but they forget their identity of a son daughter husband wife father mother Lewis Carroll uses his pen with relax tone writing the story which seems odd and ridiculous After we read this crazy book we may comprehend something and think about something In my opinion this another secret that the Literary nonsense style fairy tales keep that popular 4 3 The precious and valuable qualities of the little girl Alice 4 3 1 The brave and strong spirit When Alice falls down the rabbit hole she meets a lot of strange things She grows bigger after drink the drink and becomes smaller after eating the cake And she finds she can t recite the poem correctly She tries to get out of here but in vain though she has tried her best She cries as many little girls do when they meet difficulty and find themselves helpless However when she is crying she scolds herself severely and advises herself to leave it off this minute and think about the ideas while she is frighting What a brave girl Even though she is in trouble she still encourages herself and never gives up 4 3 2 The spirit of chasing for new things Another valuable quality is that she has the spirit of chasing for new things When she sees the cake she doesn t know what effect it is after eating it but she still tries it because she has got so much into the way of expecting nothing but out of the way things to happen that it seems quite dull and stupid for life to go in in the common way She is the girl who refuses to being normal and living in the same way In our life there are still a amount of people submitting to their current life and never want to change it A man can be common but he can t live tritely 4 3 3 Kindness and sympathy Alice also has sympathy She is a kind girl When the crazy and vicious Queen orders to cutting the gardeners head off Alice say they shan t be headed and put them into a large flowerpot and let them run away She dares to resist the Queen and speaks for those ordinary people At the court the king and the queen judge at random and other people dare not to say anything When the king wants to judge by a poem when he does not read it at all Alice say it can t prove anything when you don t know the content of it Alice s precious and valuable qualities still make readers touching and moving They like the brave and lovely girl and they also hope there will be more people like Alice 4 4The portrayal of culture and customs In Alice s adventure in Wonderland Lewis Carroll blends some that time s traditional and popular activities in Britain such as in tea party and croquet ball game 4 4 1 Tea party Lewis Carroll lived in Victorian era and afternoon tea is very popular at that time People enjoy the delicious dessert and the good taste of tea They gather together appreciate the tea and talking together They behave elegantly and show their beauty and good charm They can relax themselves and enjoy the pleasure of high qualify of life It is an enjoyable social activity and show the romantic feeling of British 4 4 2 Croquet ball game And croquet ball game is also an traditional sport activity which needs open air greensward as facility but they don t use a flamingo as a mallet and a hedgehog as a ball Lewis Carroll uses its imagination and humor describe this popular sport This seeming absurd description reappears the scene of that time and make us feel the customs when makes us burst into laughter 6 Conclusion In a word the aesthetic characteristic of children reflection of the real world and the precious and valuable qualities of the litt