Comparing Death In Catch-22 And Ray Bradbury's The

Thanatophobia is an irrational fear of death. Symptoms may include uncontrollable sweating, a feeling of insanity or loss of control, recurrence of gruesome thoughts, the inability to distinguish reality from fantasy, and the aspiration to escape from a situation where one feels his or her life is in harm’s way. Thanatophobia grasps and controls every aspect of one’s life. The main characters in Joseph Heller’s Catch-22 and Ray Bradbury’s “The Veldt” fall victim to this fear of dying and the anxiety controls parts of their life. Because Catch-22 takes place during World War II, death makes an appearance quite often. Heller concentrates on Yossarian’s struggle to stay alive in his battle against Catch-22. Catch-22 symbolizes death in that it