Kesetiaan karakter utama terhadap petinggi militer dalam Novel Catch-22 karya Heller = Kesetiaan karakter utama terhadap petinggi militer dalam Novel Catch-22 karya Heller

This study aims to reveal the suppression of US Air Force superiors to the main character of the Novel Catch-22, namely Capt. John Yossarian through series of Catch-22 Paradoxical rules and situation. Yossarian desperately wanted to stop from the Military due to many traumatic events in his missions. Yet, he was bound by force by Col. Catchcart and Colonel Korn‟s rule which stated that he must perform as many flying missions as they wanted in order to be sent home. Yossarian‟s resignation was never approved by his superiors until the minimum Mission got raised all over again. The writer applies psychoanalysis theory by Sigmund Freud and focuses on the id, ego, and superego in analyzing how loyal Yossarian is to his military superiors. The data was obtained Joseph Heller‟s Catch-22. The study findings reveal that Yossarian experienced trauma and paranoia from the death of his radio gunner, Snowden in the mission to Avignon while his paranoia is a state in which he sees everybody as threat that wants him dead. These states of mental issue triggered Yossarian‟s will to be discharged and sent home by doing everything to prevent him from carrying out combat missions and and sought to have himself declared insane administratively in order to be sent back to the states. But, he was deliberately obstructed by Colonel Catchcart, whose ambition to become a General by increasing the number of combat flight missions and complicating the administrative process of repatriating officers. This study findings reveal that Yossarian's actions can be seen from the perspective of Freud's Id, Ego, and Superego. Yossarian has a basic desire to be safe and free from all the dangers that befall him. from all the dangers that threaten his life through flight missions where he is always the target of anti- aircraft canon, this is the Id element of Yossarian. element of Yossarian. Meanwhile, Yossarian's Ego element is seen after he is introduced to the Catch-22 rule. with the Catch-22 rule, which states that only pilots who are insane are allowed not to carry out flight missions. but a pilot who is sane enough to confess that his insanity must carry out flight missions This is the precursor to many of Yossarian's actions to be absent and prevent himself from carrying out too many flight missions. Finally, the Superego element is shown through his conversations with Havermeyer and Major Danby, who are two United States Air Force soldiers who have a true soldier character. Through these conversations, it shows that that Yossarian's Superego element has completely faded away, and he is only concerned with his own safety above the interests of his country's victory in the World War II.

Keyword : Loyalty, Catch-22, Psychoanalysis.