Truth In The Ridiculous And Integrity From Confusions

Joseph Heller is one of the important writers of the black humor style. His representative work《Catch 22》is in the important position of the American literature history. The work, which is new, original and unique, lies not in its absurd theme, but in its combination of absurd thoughts, which is common in black humor writers, and the true show of the inside cases. Heller put an integrity and unity on the surface of the confusion. The paper tries to analyze the characters, the structure, and the languages itself of the novel, in order to discover the unique style of the presentation way of black humor novels; also to show the true purpose and the background integrity of the novel.A. The characters of the style of"counter-hero"in the novelIn the novel, Heller made up a war between the American and German soldiers, but what he was really interested in was"the personal relationship in the bureaucracy rights and system", not in the war in the least. So the writer designed the structure of the novel deliberately, arranging the novel according to the names of the characters in the novel. Totally among the 42 chapters in the novel, 37 are titled by the names of their main characters expectedly. Each chapter focused on one character, and each character has his relatively independent story. The whole novel constructed a big, clear people relationship net. And the behavior of Yossarian, the main character of the novel, especially his unconscious memories functioned as a link, chaining the chapters up together.The small characters described in《Catch 22》saw through man's awkward position. They tried to rebel, but none of them fell into no society circles of conflicts and confusions. They showed the states of rebellion and escaping, struggling and compromise, exciting and withering. They tried their best to accustom themselves to the crack between their ideals and reality. This is also the two standing points and outlet of understanding the art of black humor: black humor is not only the combination art of comedy and tragedy, it is a positive-negative blending attitude of living, and it is also the...