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Citaat:

Catch-22 is, among other things, a general critique of bureaucratic operation and reasoning. As a result of its specific use in the book, the phrase "Catch 22" has come into common use to mean a no-win situation or a double bind of any type.

Within the book, "catch-22" is introduced as a military rule, the self-contradictory circular logic of which, for example, prevents anyone from avoiding combat missions. In Heller's own words:

There was only one catch and that was Catch-22, which specified that a concern for one's 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 [Yossarian] observed.
"It's the best there is," Doc Daneeka agreed.

Lielle schreef:

Ik zie het wel vanavond, evt rijd ik Laquinta niet te lang. Raimaer wil ik nu wel weer aan de gang hebben, dus die ontkomt er niet aan Het werk zit gewoon in de weg

gomir schreef:

Vraag me echt af of die mensen echt zo stom zijn of maar doen alsof Zouden ze daar speciaal op geselecteerd worden ofzo?