vendredi, mai 14, 2004
Catch-22
well well. chanced upon this again in my files.
this was the place where i finally understood Catch-22 properly. failed at plowing through the book.
but, i realised that this sorta applies to the army. everyone wants to get excuses for all sorts of activities. no one is interested in doing more than what is necessary. if we were all not in army, would we appear to have so many medical problems. probably not. (maybe it's good that we try to seek attention for every single minor ailment) but, yup, everyone seems to develop one thing or another. real or otherwise.
Catch-22
Joseph Heller (1923- )
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.
'That's some catch, that Catch-22,' he observed.
'It's the best there is,' Doc Daneeka agreed.
-Catch-22 (1961)
well well. chanced upon this again in my files.
this was the place where i finally understood Catch-22 properly. failed at plowing through the book.
but, i realised that this sorta applies to the army. everyone wants to get excuses for all sorts of activities. no one is interested in doing more than what is necessary. if we were all not in army, would we appear to have so many medical problems. probably not. (maybe it's good that we try to seek attention for every single minor ailment) but, yup, everyone seems to develop one thing or another. real or otherwise.
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