it. He vaguely remembers a malignant, almost supernatural man jeering at
him "We've got your pal" shortly after his operation,. He then and he tells
the chaplain that his "pal" must have been one of his friends who was
killed in the war. He realizes that his only friend still living is Hungry
Joe, and but then the chaplain tells him that Hungry Joe has died--in his
sleep, with Huple's cat on his face. Later, Yossarian wakes up to find a
mean-looking man in a hospital gown leering saying "We've got your pal." He
asks who his pal is, and the man tells Yossarian that he'll find out.
Yossarian lunges for him, but the man glides away and vanishes. He flashes
back to the scene of Snowden's death, which he relives in all its agony--
Snowden smiling at him wanly, whimpering "I'm cold," Yossarian reassuring
him and trying to mend the wound until he opens up Snowden's flak suit and
Snowden's insides spill out all over him. He then --and remembers the
secret he had read in those entrails: "The spirit gone, man is garbage."
man is matter, and without the spirit he will rot like garbage.
In the hospital, Yossarian tries to explain to Major Danby why he can
no longer go through with the deal with Cathcart and Korn: he won't sell
himself so short, and he won't betray the memory of his dead friends. He
tells Danby he plans to run away, but Danby tells him there is no hope, and
he agrees. Suddenly the chaplain bursts in with the news that Orr has
washed ashore in Sweden. Yossarian realizes that Orr must have planned his
escape all along, and joyfully decides there is hope after all. He has the
chaplain retrieve his uniform, and decides to desert the army and run to
Sweden, where he can save himself from the madness of the war. As he steps
outside, Nately's whore tries to stab him again, and he runs into the
distance.
CHARACTERS’ PROFILE
Yossarian - The protagonist and hero of the novel. Yossarian is a
captain in the Air Force and a lead bombardier in his squadron, but he
hates the war. His powerful desire to live has led him to the conclusion
that millions of people are trying to kill him, and he has decided either
to live forever or, ironically, die trying.
Milo Minderbinder - The fantastically powerful mess officer, Milo
controls an international black market syndicate and is revered in obscure
corners all over the world. He ruthlessly chases after profit and bombs his
own men as part of a contract with Germany. Milo insists that everyone in
the squadron will benefit from being part of the syndicate, and that
"everyone has a share."
Colonel Cathcart - The ambitious, unintelligent colonel in charge of
Yossarian's squadron. Colonel Cathcart wants to be a general, and he tries
to impress his superiors by bravely volunteering his men for dangerous
combat duty whenever he gets the chance. He continually raises the number
of combat missions required of the men before they can be sent home.
Colonel Cathcart tries to scheme his way ahead; he thinks of successful
actions as "feathers in his cap" and unsuccessful ones as "black eyes."
The Chaplain - The timid, thoughtful chaplain who becomes Yossarian's
friend. He is haunted by a sensation of deja vu and begins to lose his
faith in God as the novel progresses.
Hungry Joe - An unhinged member of Yossarian's squadron. Hungry Joe is
obsessed with naked women, and he has horrible nightmares on nights when he
isn't scheduled to fly a combat mission the next morning.
Nately - A good-natured nineteen year-old boy in Yossarian's squadron.
Nately comes from a wealthy home, falls in love with a whore, and generally
tries to keep Yossarian from getting into trouble.
Nately's whore - The beautiful whore Nately falls in love with in Rome.
After a good night's sleep, she falls in love with Nately as well. When
Yossarian tells her about Nately's death, she begins a persistent campaign
to ambush Yossarian and stab him to death.
Clevinger - An idealistic member of Yossarian's squadron who argues
with Yossarian about concepts such as country, loyalty, and duty, in which
Clevinger firmly believes. Clevinger's plane disappears inside a cloud
during the Parma bomb run, and he is never heard from again.
Doc Daneeka - The medical officer. Doc Daneeka feels very sorry for
himself because the war interrupted his lucrative private practice in the
States, and he refuses to listen to other people's problems. Doc Daneeka is
the first person to explain Catch-22 to Yossarian.
Dobbs - A co-pilot, Dobbs seizes the controls from Huple during the
mission to Avignon, the same mission on which Snowden dies. Dobbs later
develops a plan to murder Colonel Cathcart, and eventually awaits only
Yossarian's go-ahead to put it in action.
McWatt - A cheerful, polite pilot who often pilots Yossarian's planes.
McWatt likes to joke around with Yossarian, and sometimes buzzes the
squadron. One day he accidentally flies in too low, and slices Kid Sampson
in half with his propellor; he then commits suicide by flying his plane
into a mountain.
Major - The supremely mediocre squadron commander. Born Major Major
Major, he is promoted to major on his first day in the army by a
mischievous computer. Major Major is painfully awkward, and will only see
people in his office when he isn't there.
Aarfy - Yossarian's navigator. Aarfy infuriates Yossarian by pretending
he cannot hear Yossarian's orders during bomb runs. Toward the end of the
novel, Aarfy stuns Yossarian when he rapes and murders the maid of the
officers' apartments in Rome.
Orr - Yossarian's often maddening roommate. Orr almost always crashes
his plane or is shot down on combat missions, but he always seems to
survive.
Appleby - A handsome, athletic member of the squadron and a superhuman
ping-pong player. Orr enigmatically says that Appleby has flies in his
eyes.
Captain Black - The squadron's bitter intelligence officer. He wants
nothing more than to be squadron commander. Captain Black exults in the
men's discomfort and does everything he can increase it; when Nately falls
in love with a whore in Rome, Captain Black begins to buy her services
regularly just to taunt him.
Colonel Korn - Colonel Cathcart's wily, cynical sidekick.
Major de Coverley - The fierce, intense executive officer for the
squadron. Major ----- de Coverley is revered and feared by the men--they
are even afraid to ask his first name-- though all he does is play
horseshoes and rent apartments for the officers in cities taken by American
forces. When Yossarian moves the bomb line on a map to make it appear that
Bologna has been captured, Major ----- de Coverely disappears in Bologna
trying to rent an officers' apartment.
Major Danby - The timid operations officer. Before the war, he was a
college professor; now, he does his best for his country. In the end, he
helps Yossarian escape.
General Dreedle - The grumpy old general in charge of the wing in which
Yossarian's squadron is placed. General Dreedle is the victim of a private
war waged against him by the ambitious General Peckem.
Nurse Duckett - A nurse in the Pianosa hospital who becomes Yossarian's
lover.
Dunbar - Yossarian's friend, the only other person who seems to
understand that there is a war going on. Dunbar has decided to live as long
as possible by making time pass as slowly as possible, so he treasures
boredom and discomfort. He is mysteriously "disappeared" as part of a
conspiracy toward the end of the novel.
Chief White Halfoat - An alcoholic Indian from Oklahoma who has decided
to die of pneumonia.
Havermeyer - A fearless lead bombardier. Havermeyer never takes evasive
action, and he enjoys shooting field mice at night.
Huple - A fifteen year-old pilot; the pilot on the mission to Avignon
on which Snowden is killed. Huple is Hungry Joe's roommate, and his cat
likes to sleep on Hungry Joe's face.
Washington Irving - A famous American author whose name Yossarian signs
to letters during one of his many stays in the hospital. Eventually,
military intelligence believes Washington Irving to be the name of a covert
insubordinate, and two C.I.D. (Criminal Investigation Division) men are
dispatched to ferret him out of the squadron.
Luciana - A beautiful girl Yossarian meets, sleeps with, and falls in
love with during a brief period in Rome.
Mudd - Generally referred to as "the dead man in Yossarian's tent,"
Mudd was a squadron member who was killed in action before he could be
processed as an official member of the squadron. As a result, he is listed
as never having arrived, and no one has the authority to move his
belongings out of Yossarian's tent.
Lieutenant Scheisskopf - Later Colonel Scheisskopf and eventually
General Scheisskopf. He helps train Yossarian's squadron in America and
shows an unsettling passion for elaborate military parades. ("Scheisskopf"
is German for "shithead.")
The Soldier in White - A body completely covered with bandages in
Yossarian and Dunbar's ward in the Pianosa hospital.
Snowden - The young gunner whose death over Avignon shattered
Yossarian's courage and opened his eyes to the madness of the war. Snowden
died in Yossarian's arms with his entrails splattered all over Yossarian's
uniform, a trauma which is gradually revealed throughout the novel.
Corporal Whitcomb - Later Sergeant Whitcomb, the chaplain's atheist
assistant. Corporal Whitcomb hates the chaplain for holding back his
career, and makes the chaplain a suspect in the Washington Irving scandal.
ex-P.F.C. Wintergreen - The mail clerk at the Twenty-Seventh Air Force
Headquarters, Wintergreen is able to intercept and forge documents, and
thus wields enormous power in the Air Force. He continually goes AWOL
(Absent Without Leave), and is continually punished with loss of rank.
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