America And Catch 22 Comparison

America is a work of non-fiction; though the information is presented in a comical manner, it is based on fact. On the other end of the spectrum, Catch-22 is a fictional piece that satires real events. While this might seem to make them different, it actually makes them extremely similar. Though America (The Book) and Catch-22 have many differences, there are certain similarities in theme and tone that can be used to link the two together.
America (The Book): A Citizen's guide to Democracy Inaction takes a very alternative approach to teaching people about the American government. It is in the form of a textbook, but it is unlike any traditional textbook out there. The foreword, written by Thomas Jefferson, sets the mood for the entire book by poking fun at the perfection of the founding fathers. He tells how the founding fathers, including him, weren't perfect and
In other countries, most of the time, they will watch American television and American news. Everything, from people's political views to their feelings on war overseas, are influenced by the people in control of the media (who, accoding to America, are all liberal, gay, self-hating Jews). War was glorified until people actually started seeing it on the evening news. The public's opinion of war dropped during the Vietnam era when the first video footage of actual battles was televised. The more times you see people mudered, the less you want to send them away to fight and die.
Some of the time, the officers in the military can influence the media's perception of wars. In WWII some of the officers made up numbers to put on the reports going back home. There wasn't an efficient way to prevent this deceit, so officers could say they killed more people than they really did. The biggest issue with this is how ::insert part here about how the officer in Catch 22 got more missions for Yossarian's