Catch-22 by Joseph Heller is an interesting novel in the fact that throughout the novel, the plot seems to go nowhere. It just seems like a bunch of events strung together through the main character Yossarian. These events, powerful as they are, don't seem to lead to much until the reader is done. Then, out of nowhere, the meaning of the book emerges. Heller does a great job finishing the book. By scaring Yossarian away, the meaning of the book is set in stone. Catch-22 is a novel that discusses how the importance or value of one thing to one person may be completely different from another, such as in the case of selling goods for human life with the ex -PFC Wintergreen, Milo Minderbinder with his wheeling. and the deal and DocDaneeka and his description of what it takes to get home. Each character in the novel seems to have a certain way of judging their power, importance, worth, and/or duty. Throughout the book, the only character who seems like someone with a good opinion of himself is Yossarian. He seems to be the only character who realizes the insignificance of the war effort, as almost every character in the novel is fighting for the wrong reasons. He said, “Am I supposed to get shot just because the colonel wants to become a general?” Other characters, like ex-PFC Wintergreen, respond to questions with answers that seem to make no sense. In the case where Yossarian asks Wintergreen to take them off the flight to Bologna because they will probably die, Wintergreen comes back with the incredible response: "Then you will have to be killed." ...if you're going to be killed because of Bologna, then you're going to be killed, so you might as well go out and die like a man. I hate to say this, Yossarian, but you’re becoming a chronic complainer.” The importance of life has disappeared. Ex-PFC Wintergreen is more concerned about peddling his wares throughout the war than he is about the life of a friend. Another strange character in the story was Milo Minderbinder. The person originally hired to run the dining hall, who later had his own business, M&M Enterprises, in which he traded things in order to earn things for himself. He collected items, such as artwork and sculptures, that would be valuable after the war. The only problem with that is that it got to the point where he was trading valuable things for the