Clevinger, a Harvard graduate, argues with Yossarian about whether or not people must obey their institutions and fight the war. His roommate, Orr, crash-lands every time he goes on a mission and talks about putting apples and horse chestnuts in his cheeks. On the front, the other men are equally as crazy as Yossarian. Other men also seek the haven of the hospital by feigning illness, but after the mysterious death of the soldier in white, the Texan forces them to return to the front. Alarmed by these strange occurrences, the government sends two C.I.D. Bored by his job, Yossarian takes on the pseudonym “Washington Irving” and pretends to be Chaplain Tappman. In turn, he simply needs to feign pain in his liver and censor the letters of enlisted men. He enjoys living in the ward, where all his meals are served to him. He is an individualist who seeks to protect his own life by fleeing to the hospital, since a “catch-22” in the Air Force regulations prevents him from being grounded for illness or obtaining a leave. Captain John Yossarian, a World War II bombardier, is stationed on the island of Pianosa.
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