Tuesday, May 20, 2014

How may I ask a Level Three question for Catch-22 in order to include the individual vs. society as my theme?

This is a very good question.  By level three, I'm assuming you're talking about higher order thinking skills.  It's been awhile since I taught this book, but one of the main premises of it is that the men can't win--which is the opinion of many people about war...it's a lose-lose all around.  For instance, when the pilots ask the doc how they can keep from flying to stay alive, he responds, "All they have to do is ask."  However, the Catch-22 for this example is that if you're sane enough to ask, you're sane enough to fly...only the ones who want to fly are not sane enough to fly and would be given a reprieve from flying IF they ask, but they don't ask because they're insane.  It all goes around in circles. 

So, to employ this as a universal theme, you might ask your fellow classmates to explain the theme of Catch-22 using both examples from the text (like the one above) and also by applying it to a modern day example.

Good Luck!

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