他们是谁？他想知道。 Yossarian告诉他的每个人，您都认为谁在试图谋杀您？每个人？您都认为谁？我不知道谁。克利夫尔（Clevinger）真的以为他是对的，但是Yossarian有证据，因为每次他飞向空中扔炸弹向他们扔炸弹时，他不认识他不认识他的陌生人，这一点都不好笑。
(Who's they? He wanted to know. Who, specifically, do you think is trying to murder you?Every one of them, Yossarian told him.Every one of whom?Every one of whom do you think?I haven't any idea.Then how do you know they aren't?Because... Clevinger sputtered, and turned speechless with frustration. Clevinger really thought he was right, but Yossarian had proof, because strangers he didn't know shot at him with cannons every time he flew up into the air to drop bombs on them, and it wasn't funny at all.)
在“捕获22”的这一摘录中，Yossarian表达了他的偏执信念，即每个人都在抓住他，尤其是当他与Clevinger讨论他的担忧时。 Yossarian的说法，即每个人都构成威胁，突显了他在以战争为标志的混乱世界中感到压倒性的危险。克利夫人试图合理化局势，无法掌握Yossarian的观点，导致了一系列的信念和挫败感。
Yossarian的经验体现了荒谬的荒谬，因为他每次上空都面临着看不见的敌人的真正威胁。他的恐惧并非没有根据。这是对战斗任务中被枪杀的创伤现实的回应。尽管克利夫人寻求逻辑解释，但Yossarian的生活经验可以证明他面对的危险是有形的，这使他的偏执狂的重力远非微不足道。