Online Meeting #38

Catch-22 notes

- Doc Daneeka lied about being unfit to serve in the military
- Daneeka said he had an amputated leg, but had two perfectly fine legs
- "I can't believe we live in an age of distrust"
- was intrigued by the young girl who was newlywed
- husband was boasting about having a lot of intercourse, when the wife is a virgin

pugnacious- ready to fight
divining rod -used to find water

- racial prejudice yet says such racist slur
- double standard, intended irony

"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. 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."

- not wanting to fly means they aren't crazy so they can fly (who would want to die)
- wanting to fly means they're crazy (practically volunteering to die/ be in danger)
- Joseph Heller made up phrase "catch-22"
- phrase became a thing because of the book
- catch-22 is a logical trap