Catch-22

Catch-22

by (us)joseph Heller

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According to Catch-22, only a lunatic can be exempted from flying duty, but he must apply for it himself; and the person who can apply for this must not be crazy, so he still has to fly. The protagonist Yossarian in "Catch-22" was an American bomber in World War II. Catch-22 forced him to live on the line of life and death. At the same time, he also discovered that there were such absurd traps hidden everywhere in the world. Today, Catch-22 has become an idiomatic expression in English, referring to logic that seems reasonable but is actually crazy and absurd. Catch-22 is synonymous with institutionalized madness. This is an eternal question in human society: In a crazy world, who is the madman?

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According to Catch-22, only lunatics can be exempted from flying, but they must apply for it themselves; at the same time, it is also stipulated that anyone who is aware of the dangers of flying and applies for exemption from flying is a sane person and should continue to fly. Catch-22 also stipulates that pilots can return home after completing the number of flights specified by their superiors, but it also says that you must obey orders absolutely, otherwise you will not be allowed to return home. Therefore, superiors can continue to increase the number of flights for pilots, but you are not allowed to disobey. Repeatedly, never ending. Finally, Yossarian finally understood that Catch-22 turned out to be a scam, a trap, and an insurmountable obstacle. The world is governed by Catch-22 everywhere, like a dragnet from which you cannot escape. But it can still be cracked, just like a joke I once saw, although I don't know if it is a joke or adapted from a book, but it doesn't matter. During the war, an officer noticed that a soldier was behaving strangely. He would pick up any paper in sight, look at it, and mutter to himself, "Not this, not this," and then put the paper back where it belongs. So the officer sent the soldier to the doctor. After diagnosis, the doctor determined that the soldier was insane and issued a discharge recommendation. The soldier got the proposal, looked at it and said with a smile: "This is it, this is it." If you can prove that you are crazy, then you are not crazy and you must take responsibility. To escape this trap, a soldier must avoid actively proving his own madness and instead allow others to prove his madness.

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