Death is an overwhelming thought in the lives of most people, a threat to all ages, races, and genders, able to strike at any moment, at any time. People come to fear it, phobias thus generated, danger and rebellion seen in the lives of only those self-destructive with nothing at stake. Sometimes even those that put themselves in harm’s way, whether it be from their own mind or the mind of another, find themselves fearing the danger, trying to escape it in every way possible, even if it puts themselves in sight of even further jeopardy, such as captivity or isolation. In the story Catch-22 by Joseph Heller, Yossarian and most of his squadron do what they can to escape the war and the overwhelming danger and insanity of it in general to return
