Topic
situación en la que un individuo no puede o es incapaz de evitar un problema debido a restricciones o reglas contradictorias
Un catch-22 es una situación paradójica de la que un individuo no puede escapar debido a reglas o limitaciones contradictorias. El término fue utilizado por primera vez por Joseph Heller en su novela de 1961 Catch-22.
“It was love at first sight. The first time Yossarian saw the chaplain, he fell madly in love with him.”
“"Racial prejudice is a terrible thing, Yossarian. It really is. It's a terrible thing to treat a decent, loyal Indian like a nigger, kike, wop or spic."”
“Open your eyes, Clevinger. It doesn't make a damned bit of difference who wins the war to someone who's dead.”
“But I make a profit of three and a quarter cents an egg by selling them for four and a quarter cents an egg to the people in Malta I buy them from for seven cents an egg. Of course, I don't make the profit. The syndicate makes the profit. And everybody has a share.”
“He proved as good as his word when a rawboned major from Minnesota curled his lip in rebellious disavowal and demanded his share of the syndicate Milo kept saying everybody owned. Milo met the challenge by writing the words "A Share" on the nearest scrap of paper and handing it away with a virtuous disdain that won the envy and admiration of almost everyone who knew him.”
“The knife came down, missing him by inches, and he took off.”
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Not who you're looking for? Others named catch-22: novel by the American author Joseph Heller (1961) · 1970 film directed by Mike Nichols · 2019 miniseries based on the 1961 novel of the same name · play written by Joseph Heller