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There is not any real chronological order to the novel. The narrator jumps from past to present to future in no set pattern. This non-linear time line represents the chaos and utter ridiculousness of the whole situation. The way in which Heller keeps his audience on track is with the number of missions that the various officers, and specifically Yossarian, have flown, or the number that Colonel Cathcart has signed them up to fly. The time line encapsulates the futility of Yossarian's plight, and the war effort in general. With the plot-line moving from past to present to future like there is no tomorrow, how can there be any form of order amidst all the chaos and havoc?

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