This world brings hard times for everyone. No matter who one is, everyone will go through hard times in their lives, but not everyone will cope with these hard times well. People have many different ways of coping and getting through hard times, but some of these coping mechanisms may be more hurtful than helpful. In the Novel Catch-22, Joseph Heller portrays the lives of men at war who are being controlled by a corrupt government. The majority of the men cope with the difficulties and the insanity of it all in harmful or unproductive ways. There are few men who can deal with the insanity of their situation. Those men are the ones that are called crazy. Although they are the ones that are holding onto their sanity, while the others have gone
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Sometimes it is the people judging that person who are the crazy ones. Yossarian is continuously called crazy since he goes against his superiors and does not accept their corrupt rules like the other soldiers. This judgment is false because Yossarian ends up being the most sane of all of the men. In a crazy world the judgment of someone being crazy is often false because that person is probably the most sensible person in that society. Gross writes, "If everyone is crazy in a crazy situation in a crazy world interpreted by crazy intelligence the certain redefinitions are called for" (86-87). Yossarian is judged as crazy even though he is one of the only soldiers to truly have a grasp on …show more content…
His differences allow him to see just how dangerous his missions are as wells as the fact that his superiors are purely using him for their own gain. Yossarian’s response to the situation that he is in may be seen as crazy, but it is the sanest response he could have had. Telgen notes, "Despite the tremendous odds against the success of Yossarian's plan, Heller suggests it is not a crazy but a sane response to an insane situation over which Yossarian has no control” (99). Yossarian’s plan to escape seems completely unrealistic and insane but if he does not try to escape he will eventually be killed in war. Yossarian has a different response to his situation than his fellow soldiers, and though this gets him judged as crazy it eventually leads to his escape from the insane government that is trying to control his
Sometimes it is the people judging that person who are the crazy ones. Yossarian is continuously called crazy since he goes against his superiors and does not accept their corrupt rules like the other soldiers. This judgment is false because Yossarian ends up being the most sane of all of the men. In a crazy world the judgment of someone being crazy is often false because that person is probably the most sensible person in that society. Gross writes, "If everyone is crazy in a crazy situation in a crazy world interpreted by crazy intelligence the certain redefinitions are called for" (86-87). Yossarian is judged as crazy even though he is one of the only soldiers to truly have a grasp on …show more content…
His differences allow him to see just how dangerous his missions are as wells as the fact that his superiors are purely using him for their own gain. Yossarian’s response to the situation that he is in may be seen as crazy, but it is the sanest response he could have had. Telgen notes, "Despite the tremendous odds against the success of Yossarian's plan, Heller suggests it is not a crazy but a sane response to an insane situation over which Yossarian has no control” (99). Yossarian’s plan to escape seems completely unrealistic and insane but if he does not try to escape he will eventually be killed in war. Yossarian has a different response to his situation than his fellow soldiers, and though this gets him judged as crazy it eventually leads to his escape from the insane government that is trying to control his