November 6, 2008

Catch-22(v8)

This book is about a war. In war casualties are inevitable. So I thought I'd go through how has died or gone missing. A guy named Clevinger and the plane he was in disappeared and never was seen again. There was one guy that was being moved into Yossarian's tent that died in on a mission before he was unpacked. He had not been officially put in the squadron and is known as the dead man in Yossarian's tent. One of the missions Orr was piloting Orr crashed into the ocean as usual. Orr got separated from the rest of his crew in the water,a storm struck and Orr was never seen again. There have been other people who have died in the hospital such as the Soldier in White, who was in a full body cast, and the guy who saw everything twice. One day at the beach a guy name Kid Sampson was on this raft. McWatt was screwing around and flying low. Kid Sampson jumped up to touch the plane but McWatt had a miscalculation and cut Kid Sampson in half with the propeller. McWatt kept flying around the airfield and his passengers jumped out. Then McWatt flew past the airfield and dipped his wing in salute. McWatt then proceeded to fly the plane directly into the side of a mountain. I liked McWatt, he never got mad and was a nice guy, I wasn't happy to see him die. Doc Daneeka was scheduled to be on McWatts plane when it crashed, he wasn't. When no one saw Doc Daneeka jump out he was presumed dead, contrary to what Doc Daneeka was saying as he stood next to the people calling him dead. Doc Daneeka's wife got checks for her loss, and ended moving the Doc's family. Nobody in the squadron will acknowledge Doc Daneeka as if he was alive, Milo still gives him food but that's about it. So Doc Daneeka can't do anything, if he goes to headquarters they will cremate him.

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