""Sure there's a catch," Doc Daneeka replied. "Catch-22. Anyone who wants to get out of combat duty isn't really crazy."
There was only one catch and that was Catch-22, which specified that a concern for one's own safety in the face of dangers that were real and immediate was the process of a rational mind. Orr was crazy and could be grounded. All he had to do was ask; and as soon as he did, he would no longer be crazy and would have to fly more missions. Orr would be crazy to fly more missions and sane if he didn't, but if he was sane he had to fly them. If he flew them he was crazy and didn't have to; but if he didn't want to he was sane and had to. Yossarian was moved very deeply by the absolute simplicity of this clause of Catch-22 and let out a respectful whistle."
In the above passage, the reader is introduced to the clause of Catch-22 and it's importance within the novel. The paradox that is Catch-22 serves to put those who are fighting in the war in a bind. It does not allow them any way of being relieved of duty due to insanity, although so far many characters, including Yossarian, seem to be mentally unstable. Although the paradoxical Catch-22 seems to be infallible, I think it is unfair to put soldier's lives in risk based on words. Throughout chapters that follow, Catch-22 is expanded to apply to several other situations with the intention of trapping soldiers. At the point I am currently at in the reading, Yossarian has begin to question the quality of words and their ability to relate to actual circumstances. He begins to realize words are not always able to relate to the exact situation the soldiers are in.
There was only one catch and that was Catch-22, which specified that a concern for one's own safety in the face of dangers that were real and immediate was the process of a rational mind. Orr was crazy and could be grounded. All he had to do was ask; and as soon as he did, he would no longer be crazy and would have to fly more missions. Orr would be crazy to fly more missions and sane if he didn't, but if he was sane he had to fly them. If he flew them he was crazy and didn't have to; but if he didn't want to he was sane and had to. Yossarian was moved very deeply by the absolute simplicity of this clause of Catch-22 and let out a respectful whistle."
In the above passage, the reader is introduced to the clause of Catch-22 and it's importance within the novel. The paradox that is Catch-22 serves to put those who are fighting in the war in a bind. It does not allow them any way of being relieved of duty due to insanity, although so far many characters, including Yossarian, seem to be mentally unstable. Although the paradoxical Catch-22 seems to be infallible, I think it is unfair to put soldier's lives in risk based on words. Throughout chapters that follow, Catch-22 is expanded to apply to several other situations with the intention of trapping soldiers. At the point I am currently at in the reading, Yossarian has begin to question the quality of words and their ability to relate to actual circumstances. He begins to realize words are not always able to relate to the exact situation the soldiers are in.
My mind is blown!
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