Catch-22

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…When Yossarian realizes that he has no other choice and decides to actively face the consequence of becoming a deserter, he is rejecting the status of being a vegetable and re-establishes his identity as a human being. Although he may indeed be caught and punished by the military bureaucracy, the individual has triumphed against the institution because he is no longer afraid of the punishment that the institution uses as a restraint against such behavior.