Catch-22 Writing Style

Verbose, Repetitive

Heller tends to repeat things a lot – words, catchphrases, references to events, and important scenes. Through each new repetition, we learn something deeper about the situation – its cause, its consequences, when it happened, etc. These repeated events serve as touchstones through which readers can become oriented again in a story that is often wildly absurd, circular, and difficult to follow.