Catch-22

There was only one catch and that was Catch-22, which specified that a concern for one’s own safety in the face of dangers that were real and immediate was the process of a rational mind.

规则本身锁死逃脱路径，情节以悖论螺旋推进而非直线因果，完成度高，故 90。

In short, Clevinger was one of those people with lots of intelligence and no brains, and everyone knew it except those who soon found it out.

一句写透理想主义书呆子；Yossarian/Milo 对照鲜明，群像密度高，故人物 94。

To die or not to die, that was the question, and Clevinger grew limp trying to answer it.

插曲喜剧有时循环过密，整体仍靠任务数压迫推进，故节奏 84。

There was only one catch and that was Catch-22…

悖论句法即主题装置，黑色幽默与口语节奏成熟，故文笔 95。

All my life I’ve wanted a mart. You can do lots of things if you’ve got a mart.

官僚升任务与 Milo 战争市场并置，荒诞系统自洽，故世界观 93。

That men would die was a matter of necessity; which men would die, though, was a matter of circumstance, and Yossarian was willing to be the victim of anything but circumstance.

开篇即把战争伦理压成「任意性」问题，钩子锋利，故 92。

There was only one catch and that was Catch-22…

官僚悖论被命名并进入公共语言，战争小说形式革新极高，故创新 98。

‘You’ll have to jump.’ ‘I’ll jump.’ ‘Jump!’ Major Danby cried. Yossarian jumped. Nately’s whore was hiding just outside the door. The knife came down, missing him by inches, and he took off.

「逃向责任」之后以纵身逃跑收束，开放、滑稽而决绝；spine 抽章确认此为真结尾，故结局 95。