Until last week, I though maybe Rushdie is a great writer after reading his 'Midnight Children'. His ways of expressing things, I like it a lot.
But when I finished Catch - 22 last week, my judgment which had been holding wise for the past 1 year has been shattered and without doubt I made myself clear that here is a guy (Joseph Heller) who is great even than Rushdie and I mean it.
Heller writes wild and crazy things which even a sane man can love. He contradicts what he says previously and again contradicts with what he said second. The funny thing is this new contradiction still contradicts what he told first.
One of the famous quote from the novel,
"There was only one catch and that was Catch-22, which specified that a concern for one's 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.
"That's some catch, that Catch-22," he observed.
"It's the best there is," Doc Daneeka agreed."
But when I finished Catch - 22 last week, my judgment which had been holding wise for the past 1 year has been shattered and without doubt I made myself clear that here is a guy (Joseph Heller) who is great even than Rushdie and I mean it.
Heller writes wild and crazy things which even a sane man can love. He contradicts what he says previously and again contradicts with what he said second. The funny thing is this new contradiction still contradicts what he told first.
One of the famous quote from the novel,
"There was only one catch and that was Catch-22, which specified that a concern for one's 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.
"That's some catch, that Catch-22," he observed.
"It's the best there is," Doc Daneeka agreed."
