Writing About War –this topic would focus on a piece of literature that discusses war in any form.

1. How do both, Heller and Vonnegut, utilize Characters and situations to portray deeper meanings of their work ?

1.1. A World War II veteran, POW survivor of the firebombing of Dresden, prospering optometrist, husband, and father. Billy Pilgrim is the protagonist of the novel who believes he has “come unstuck in time.” He walks through a door at one moment in his life and suddenly finds himself in another time and place. His fragmented experience of time structures the novel as short episodic vignettes and shows how the difficulty of recounting traumatic experiences can require unusual literary techniques. (Slaughterhouse-Five: Character List | SparkNotes, 2020)

1.2. The novel’s protagonist, Yossarian is a captain in the US Army Air Force who becomes tired of flying dangerous missions. At first he tries to get medically grounded on the basis of insanity, but Doc Daneeka, the group’s medic, argues that Yossarian cannot be insane if he wants to avoid death by getting out of having to fly. This is termed a Catch-22. Yossarian spends the remainder of the novel trying to combat the Catch-22 and convince the military brass, including Colonel Cathcart, the he should be sent home. Yossarian eventually refuses to fly missions and escapes the Army all together, fleeing to Sweden. (John “Yo-Yo” Yossarian Character Analysis in Catch-22 | LitCharts, 2020)

1.3. I would introduce both authors, relate the deeper meanings of both pieces of literature. Compare and contrast, include quotes from the novels to support my claim.

2. Kurt Vonnegut: Slaughterhouse-five

2.1. Focuses on Billy Pilgrim's experience, and struggling make sense of what he has witnessed during the allied fire-bombing of Dresden in World War II.

2.2. This piece of literature is an American classic, focusing on the fire-bombing of Dresden. Detailing the abhorrent nature of war, and how an individual would even live with this experience.

3. Joseph Heller: Catch-22

3.1. A satirical war novel focusing on the redundancies of the biggest bureaucratic establishment; The Military.

3.2. Heller, with this absolute masterpiece shares his perspective on War with the use of witty characters and awkward, punctual situations.