Major Major Major Major
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Major Major Major Major is a comically absurd and chronically ineffectual officer in Joseph Heller’s satirical novel "Catch-22," embodying the bureaucratic nonsense and identity confusion central to the book’s critique of war.
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| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Major Major Major Major canonical | 1 |
Statements (37)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
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literary character ⓘ |
| appearsIn | Catch-22 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithConcept | catch-22 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| authorNationality | American ⓘ |
| characteristic |
absurd
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bureaucratic ⓘ ineffectual ⓘ reclusive ⓘ |
| creator | Joseph Heller NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fictionalUniverse | Catch-22 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstAppearance | Catch-22 (novel) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre | satire ⓘ |
| hasFullName | Major Major Major Major NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | postmodern literature ⓘ |
| nameGivenBy | his father ⓘ |
| nameMotivation | joke about military rank ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction |
comic relief
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satirical device ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| notableBehavior |
avoids people
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signs documents without reading them ⓘ |
| occupation | officer ⓘ |
| promotedBy | Colonel Cathcart NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| promotionReason | clerical error ⓘ |
| publicationYearOfFirstAppearance | 1961 ⓘ |
| rank | major ⓘ |
| represents |
absurdity of military bureaucracy
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dehumanizing effects of war bureaucracy ⓘ |
| roleInUnit | squadron commander ⓘ |
| servesIn | U.S. Army Air Forces NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting | World War II NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingLocation | Pianosa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| themeInWork |
bureaucratic nonsense
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identity confusion ⓘ |
| workType | novel ⓘ |
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