5/9/2023 0 Comments Catch 22 by joseph hellerUnlike his superiors, Yossarian knows what flack can do to a human body. However for the novel’s anti-hero, John Yossarian, none of these things matter. Bureaucracy, pointless protocol, military etiquette, get rich quick schemes dominate the narrative because it is these that dominate the priorities of those who don’t have to risk their lives. Or General Mark Clark’s career of incompetence during the Second World War’s Italian campaign.Ĭatch 22 sought to remedy that however. Mindless bureaucracy and petty jealousies are rarely the central themes of fictional portrayals of war, even though they are a frequent discussion in military history: Grant and Lee’s arguments over protocol at Cold Harbour, for example, that cost the lives of so many wounded. But such stupidities rarely threaten our lives – unless of course you are a health care worker depending on Boris Johnson for PPE during a global pandemic. Anyone familiar with the world of work will have similar stories to tell about the petty jealousies and mindless bureaucracies that can blight this aspect of our lives.
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