The manipulation of the English language in order to control others is a point that Joseph Heller emphasizes in his novel Catch-22. He shows how Wintergreen is in control of everything, the hypocrisy in the military hierarchy, and how Catch-22 itself works. <Tab/>Throughout Catch-22, PFC Wintergreen, though of the lowest rank in the military, is in effect the most powerful person because he controls all communication where the novel takes …
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…can command others, even if the person doing the commanding is the one of the lowest rank. Catch-22 is a law that has been around for ages, even if it has not had a name until recently. It is the draftee either serving in the military, or going to prison. The peasant leaving his family broke with taxes, or having his property taken away. Catch-22 has been around forever, Heller just gave it its name.