In my pervious blog I mentioned how the repetive structure is used when the word Sir is said in different ways. Continuing on the fact this blog contains the repetive structure, but I will foucus upon the intertexual codes found in the text. In particular I believe Catch 22 uses the semic code. This became notictable while I read through chapter 21. Within this chapter the aduience is enlightened thrrouth the PoV of Colonel cathcart. By seeing through his thoughts. Almost everything that happens within this passahe has to do with Yosssarian.
Yossarian! The mere sound of the exerrable, ugly name made his blood run cold and his breath come in labored gasps. The chaplian's first mention of the name yossarian had tolled deep in his memory like a portentous gong. As soon as the latch of the door had clicked shut, the whole hummilating recollection of the naked man in formation came cascasing down upon him in a mortifying, choking flood of singing details. |
What i believe the text is trying to help me understand is by placing Yorrsian's name in italics the text revelas its imortantance. Not only is it the first word in the passage of action, but it also has an exsplantion mark showing his name is really important. What is realing imortant is that through Colonal Cathert we learn that every sound, image decription and thought has a connection to Yossarian. What i also feel I am learing by studying these words that where Colonal cathert was portrayed to be sane he is actually insane. This adds a whole new meaning to catch 22. Because all soliders must fly missions sel;ected by an insane person it means this whole process is neverending. He will keep raing the missions.
The bombardier's name, he remembered suddenly with another stupefying shock, had also been Yossarian! Now there were three! His viscous eyes bulged with astonishment and he whipped himself around in alarm to see what was taking place behind him. A moment ago there had been no Yossarians in his life, now they were multiplying like hobgoblins. |
What i believe this passage is trying to tell me is that by repeating yossarain's name he hopes he forgets. The problem is in his mind Yossarian is the problem was there is madness in his life. Colonal Cathert believes that there are three people named Yossarian. This is an example of using the sybolic code using the element of repetition to manipulate the plot.
Yossarian!!!(?)! Yossarian---the very sight of the name made him shudder. There were many esses in it. It just had to be subversive. It was like the word subversive itself. It was like seditious and insidious too, and like socialist, suspicious, fascist, and Communist. It was an odious, alien distateful name, a name that just did not inspire confidense. |
I believe the text is revealing to the reading the plot through Colonel Cathert. The sdymbloic code intervertly tells the reader that something bad is going to happen to Yossarian in the future. The fact that he places special ethesis on Yossarian's name with double underlines, four expnation marks and a question marks give reson to be concerned. Futhur added on to the ponit he releates Yossarian's name with thoese who they are fighting saying he is a socialist, facist, and communiest! It is my belief that he thinks Yossarian is a spy for the germans. To further my ponit he calls yossarian someone who is distateful, alien, and didnt inspire convidense. All these features I believe are waht leads Yossarian to be guilty in the general's eyes.
? These entries labled "?" were the ones he wanted to investage immediately to deterrmine if Yossarian had played any part in them. Suddenly his arm began to shake, and he was unable to write any more. He rose to his feet in teeror, feeling sticky and fat, and rushed to the open window to gulp in fresh air. His gaze fell on the street range, and he reeled away with a sharp cry of distress, his wild and feverish eyes scanning the walls of his office frantically as though they were swarming with Yossarians. |
Reading through this passage it has become aware that Colonel Cathert is paranoid.
He wishes to believe that yossarian is responciable for everything that has
happened instead of finding the real culpurit. From his madness we are giving
a sense of his feeling through vast decription of emotions, object and sense.
I believe this revels the heart of semic code that everything that happens
is Yossarian's fault. I'm not sure I used the texualality codes properly,
but this my attempt.
He wishes to believe that yossarian is responciable for everything that has
happened instead of finding the real culpurit. From his madness we are giving
a sense of his feeling through vast decription of emotions, object and sense.
I believe this revels the heart of semic code that everything that happens
is Yossarian's fault. I'm not sure I used the texualality codes properly,
but this my attempt.