Examples Of External Conflict In Catch 22

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In the story Catch-22 many external and internal conflicts affected Yossarian. To start, one main internal conflict that affected Yossarian was Yossarian vs insanity. Because this took place during a war many of Yossarian’s closest friends had started to lose their sanity. Yossarian struggles to stay sane during this time. In addition, another main conflict that Yossarian faced was war. Yossarian struggled with this internal conflict because he knew that he would die at one point and wanted to go home. He acts as if he is insane and tries to leave the military but if someone’s sane they obviously would not want to go to war. This was the catch-22 which was a major conflict that Yossarian struggled with. One clear external conflict that Yossarian

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