Introduction

Postmodernism was brought along largely by World War 1 and the devastation and destruction it created. People responded to the war by questioning technology and portraying combat in a negative light. The once romanticized, hero stories turned into ludicrous accounts that ridiculed war, as seen in Catch 22, or disturbing portrayals of what war, and ultimately technology, has created, as illustrated by Dix’s painting Wounded Soldier.  Satirical news programs such as the Daily Show by John Stewart, act in a way similar to Catch 22, highlighting the ridiculous in order to point out the devastation and damage war creates. Postmodernism attacks the traditional glorification of war and instead shows the true horrors and dilemmas that war creates.