Yossarian's Suicide In A Few Good Men

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During this part, we see that throughout the story we get more and more insight into characters one part at a time. Even though soldiers constantly have problems Doc Daneeka ignores them, and catch 22 is also used as an excuse to be able to raise the mission count without any problems. Furthermore, one soldier, Milo, is all about having an assortment of foods, to do this during war time he sells things on the black market, but the only way to scale it is to get the whole government involved with his very complex plan.Yossarian also learns that if he does favors for people they can give him things that only they have access to. Additionally, Heller uses Major Major Major’s promotion to show how comedic gains can outweigh any rational decision, and because of his promotion he is …show more content…
This very dangerous mission is prevented by Yossarian by sneaking in to move the bomb line, which shows that Yossarian is willing to compromise all morals to avoid going into battle. Once again higher ranking soldiers give out promotions without real cause. In this situation, they promoted Yossarian to avoid being criticized for his stupid decisions, which led to the death of another soldier, Kraft. Also, we now see that Yossarian loves all the aspects of his vacation. In this section we also see that even if people have power, Doc’s ability to suspend people, they will not use it because of the fear of something bad happening to themselves. The reader can also see that some people, Cathcart especially, do whatever it takes to get a promotion. Additionally, because of the bad economies during war time, they praise Milo for bringing everyone business. Milo also uses his position in the military to sell the majority of his worthless egyptian cotton. Furthermore, we are introduced to the chaplain, a person that people don’t treat as regular. Because how people treat the chaplain, the chaplain begins doubting everything, including

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