克利夫人已经在途中，情绪激动，眼睛湿润，嘴唇颤抖而苍白。一如既往地发生在他对自己热情地相信的原则上争吵时，他最终会为空气而疯狂地喘着粗气，并眨了眨眼，又回来了痛苦的信念。克利夫人热情地相信有许多原则。他疯了。
(Clevinger was already on the way, half out of his chair with emotion, his eyes moist and his lips quivering and pale. As always occurred when he quarreled over principles in which he believed passionately, he would end up gasping furiously for air and blinking back bitter tears of conviction. There were many principles in which Clevinger believed passionately. He was crazy.)
克利夫人被描述为一种高度情感的性格，受他的信仰和他所珍视的原则的深深影响。当他在讨论中变得动画时，他的热情显而易见，经常表现出潮湿的眼睛和颤抖的嘴巴等痛苦的迹象。当他发现自己在努力呼吸，突出他的信念和动荡所引起的动荡时，这种强烈的情绪状态达到了顶峰。
尽管他坚信，他周围的人认为克服者是非理性的或过于热情的，将他标记为“疯狂”。这反映了“ Catch-22”中更广泛的主题，在个人信念和社会规范之间的冲突通常会导致误解和孤立。克利夫人的热情说明了唯心主义与饱受战争饱和世界中个人面临的鲜明现实之间的冲突。