 | Sue E. Estroff - Psychology - 1985 - 372 pages
...a catch," Doc Daneeka replied. "Catch-22. Anyone who wants to get out of combat duty isn't crazy." 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... | |
 | Ashton Applewhite, Tripp Evans, Andrew Frothingham - Humor - 1992 - 552 pages
...Johnson, about Bellevue Hospital's psychiatric wards We're all controlled neurotics. — Harry Reasoner There was only one catch, and that was Catch-22, which...immediate was the process of a rational mind. . . . 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... | |
 | Stephen J. Whitfield - History - 1996 - 294 pages
...catchword as well. The rules of World War II permitted only flyers who were crazy to be grounded, and yet "a concern for one's own safety in the face of dangers...and immediate was the process of a rational mind" — hence missions had to be flown. Joseph Heller's unique novel crossed the wires of zaniness and... | |
 | Robert Andrews - Language Arts & Disciplines - 1997 - 666 pages
...Virgin Compared to the Air We Breathe," I. 1-8 (written 1883), published in Poems (191 8). Air Force 1 There was only one catch and that was Catch-22, which...immediate was the process of a rational mind.... 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... | |
 | Arnold D. Harvey - Literary Criticism - 1998 - 350 pages
...damned fool to feel any other way.' The Catch-22 of the title is founded on an analogous principle. 'Orr was crazy and could be grounded. All he had to do was ask; and as soon as he did, he would be no longer crazy and would have to fly more missions.' The same notion is transferred to private... | |
 | Timothy Melley - Literary Criticism - 2000 - 258 pages
...that to be relieved of combat duty one must simply claim to be mentally ill; the "catch," however, is "Catch-22, which specified that a concern for one's...and immediate was the process of a rational mind" (46). Through this double logic, the military demands sanity while institutionalizing insanity. It... | |
 | William Twining, David Miers - Law - 1999 - 500 pages
...labelling behaviour as 'legalistic' necessarily involve passing a value judgment on it? 3.4 Catch-22 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... | |
 | Alan J. Parkin - Attention - 2000 - 374 pages
...of the Whorf hypothesis. 7 Evaluate evidence for the weak view of the Whorf hypothesis. Reasoning 14 There was only one catch and that was Catch-22, which specified that a concern for one's own sofety in the face of dangers that were real and immediate was the process of a rational mind Orr was... | |
 | Paul McFedries - Language Arts & Disciplines - 2001 - 392 pages
...which covers the antics of bomber pilots in World War II. Heller explains catch-22 in the following passage: "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... | |
 | Law - 2001 - 170 pages
...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...crazy and could be grounded. All he had to do was to ask; and as soon as he did, he would no longer be crazy and would have to fly more missions. . .... | |
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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. 
