a) We do things simply because we have chosen to. Doing them gives us a purpose.
- Chaplain-God-Wars
- Doctors
- Chess
- Major Major
- Parades
- Censoring Letters
- Orr-Apples / stove / crash
- DeCoverley
b) Some values and priorities differ.
- Milo and Yossarian talk about fruit, money, getting well
a) We give people titles and name positions to obscure their lack of purpose.
- Milo-corporal smart; first chief; moves up to administrative assistant
b) We develop a system of beliefs that we need to
help structure our thinking, but then we start believing our thoughts to be reality.
- 98.6 = normal
- Bologna line
- Le Page
- Great Loyalty Oath Crusade
- S.W.S.E.T.- we have to see our son before he dies
We want to be independent, free thinkers; we want to be liked.
- Cathcart/Korn
- Havermeyer
- Appleby
Sometimes we do things simply because we choose to,
as opposed to it giving us a purpose.
- Orr
- Major Major's dad
- Appleby follows orders
- Orr's whore
- Milo and money
Paperwork is more important than reality.
- Daneeka's
- Mudd
- Peckem awarded for bologna
- Washington Irving
- Major Major Major Major
- Bologna
- Great Oath Loyalty Crusade
When someone takes away our purpose, we get angry.
- Orr's whore
- Nately's whore "uncle"
- Holden's whore
- Big Nurse and the bank TV
Symbols are confused with reality (e.g. burning the flag, draftcards).
- Bologna bomb line
- General's uniform
- Dunbar & Yossarian into whore house
Create a problem or a purpose, and then it becomes a problem and our purpose.
- Yossarian bombs the ocean twice
- Peckem's award
- Cathcart/Korn
- Major Major Major promoted
Appearance is more important than substance.
- Scheisskopf
- Peckem
- Major ___________ DeCoverley
If we don't make any decisions, they will be made for us.
- S-In-W
- S.W.S.E.T.
- Mudd
- Snowden - Yossarian
a)
If there are no regulations, we have chaos; we have to regulate everything. (Rules & Regs vs. Choice)
b) We need rules, regs, policies, but more often than not, we follow
the policy and stop thinking.
- Gus and Wes
- Doctors
- Great Loyalty Oath Crusade
- Alfalfa
Principles to live by and die for- better dead than read!
- Nately's old man
- Chaplain
We all want to have power and control but we have to live with others.
- Yossarian
- Cathcart
- Dreedle
- Peckem
- Whitcomb
- Mudd - Yossarian - Rommies