(Beatty, p. 211) These situations are examined and brought to our attention in Joseph Heller's novel, Catch-22. The main character, Yossarian, does not want to fly but is met with a "catch 22", which can be seen as a stumbling block to reason and even free will. ... Rules such as catch 22 were simply unfair, and there was no way around it. ... He figures out a way to beat the system and escape the catch-22 by acting like a simpleton for the entire story. ... (Heller p. 110) This paradoxical evaluation is what Catch 22 is all about. ...

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