Part one of term paper
Laughter is often seen as a form of therapy by both optimists and doctors. Joseph Heller and Ken Kesey also saw laughter as a type of medicine. These authors saw laughter as a medium for their criticism of modern social institutions. This criticism can be applied to any significant practice or established organization (Mish 606). This co ...

Part two of term paper
... found in the two novels provides the reader a perspective on the roles they play in modern institutions and how they are affected by those institutions. Both Catch-22 and One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest have been classified as black humor. Black humor is defined as being a form of satire using situations that are at first humorous but are actually very disturbing. The way in which these situations take on such a drastic change in meaning results in a type of emotional experience for the reader. ...