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Catch-22

Character List:

Yossarian: paranoid, thinks everyone is trying to kill him (which is true); thinks everyone is crazy; feels guilty about the death of Snowden, which was the traumatic experience which changes his view of war

Orr: shares tent with Yossarian, practices crashing every mission- eventually crashes and escapes; good with his hands

Doc Daneeka: depressed, dies figuratively (dies on paper, so he is considered dead); doctor for the squadron; self-pitying hypochondriac; refuses to ground Yossarian because Doc is selfish

AATappman: chaplain, very timid, but wants to be stronger; given the third degree for stealing a tomato; misses his wife

Milo Minderbinder: mess officer; leader of the syndicate (black market/underground business dealings); aim is to give the men the best meals in the world; will do anything for a profit, even bomb his own squadron

McWatt: freckled nose; buzzes Yossarian's tent for fun, but stops when he finds it scares him; Yossarian's pilot; slices Kid Sampson in half by accident, and then kills himself

Major Major:-misfit his entire life, not accepted because he was promoted to squadron commander- became a recluse; told Sgt. Towser to only let people into his office when he was out- tried to avoid people

Cathcart: colonel that desperately wanted to be a general; unsure of himself, wanted to impress the generals- this is why he keeps raising the number of missions

Snowden: soldier who dies in Yossarian's plane; while Yossarian was treating him for minor leg wounds, Snowden was dying of fatal chest wounds- Yossarian feels guilty because if he had known about the real problem, he thinks he could have saved Snowden's life; now he thinks that his only mission is to come down alive; Yossarian keeps speaking about Snowden's "secret"- man is garbage without his spirit