“There was only one problem and that was Catch-22, which specified that concern for one's safety in the face of real and immediate dangers was the process of a rational mind. Orr was crazy and could be punished. All he had to do was ask, and as soon as he did, he would no longer be crazy and would have to do more missions. Orr would have been crazy to do more missions and would have been sane if he hadn't, but if he was sane he should have done them. If he flew them he was crazy and shouldn't have done it, but if he didn't want to do it he was sane and should have done it." This is an iconic passage from Catch-22 by Joseph Heller, a novel set towards the end of World War II. Crazy and at the same time disturbingly logical, Catch-22 manages to convey the horrors of war from a unique perspective. This novel leaves the traditional idea of the "enemy" (in this case, the Nazis) in the background, as the main focus is on. as soldiers fight for their lives against the bureaucracy of their novel army, the boys fought and died, and yet, the only person who seemed to realize it...
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