新标准大学英语 2 UNIT5 课文与译文 Catch-22 Catch-22 is one of the most famous novels of the last century、 It is set in an American military base on a small island in the Mediterranean during the Second World War、 Although the story reveals some of the horrors of war through episodes of bloodshed and destruction, it is not a traditional war novel、 There are no heroes or heroic acts, and the enemy is not really the Germans (who do not appear in the story), but anyone who can get you killed—and that includes your own mander、 Catch-22 is primarily a ic novel, whose main character, an airman called Yossarian, has only one aim—to survive the war and go back home、 He thinks he can do this by pretending to be insane、 1 It was a horrible joke, but Doc Daneeka didn't laugh until Yossarian came to him one mission later and pleaded again, without any real expectation of success, to be grounded、 Doc Daneeka snickered once and was soon immersed in problems of his own, which included Chief White Halfoat, who had been challenging him all that morning to Indian wrestle, and Yossarian, who decided right then and there to go crazy、 2 "You're wasting your time," Doc Daneeka was forced to tell him、 3 "Can't you ground someone who's crazy?" 4 "Oh, sure、 I have to、 There's a rule saying I have to ground anyone who's crazy、" 5 "Then why don't you ground me? I'm crazy、 Ask Clevinger、" 6 "Clevinger? Where is Clevinger? You find Clevinger and I'll ask him、" 7 "Then ask any of the others、 They'll tell you how crazy I am、" 8 "They're crazy、" 9 "Then why don't you ground them?" 10 "Why don't they ask me to ground them?" 11 "Because they're crazy, that's why、" 12 "Of course the...
