Question

catch - 22... specified that a concern for ones safety in the face of dangers... was the process of a rational mind. orr a combat pilot was crazy and could be grounded. all he had to do was ask; when he did, he would no longer be crazy and would have to fly.... orr would be crazy to fly more missions and sane if he didnt, but if he was sane, he had to fly them. if he flew them he was crazy and didnt have to; but if he didnt want to he was sane and had to. joseph hellers novel catch - 22 deals, in part, with the predicament of humans within bureaucratic systems. what does this text from the novel tell us about this predicament? 1 there is no purpose to bureaucracy because no work will ever be accomplished in any bureaucratic system. 2 war is an inherently irrational situation that people will ultimately reject in favor of rational thinking. 3 people are trapped in a system that wields power over them through self - cancelling rules.

Explanation:

The Catch - 22 situation described shows a self - canceling rule system. If a combat pilot is crazy, he can be grounded but asking to be grounded makes him sane and thus he has to fly. If he is sane, he has to fly, but flying would make him crazy and he shouldn't have to. This traps the pilot in a no - win situation where the rules work against him.

Answer:

1. People are trapped in a system that wields power over them through self - cancelling rules.