The scheduled Bologna mission scares Yossarian out of his mind. Yossarian moves the bomb line so that it's past Bologna. The next morning, the mission to Bologna is cancelled and everyone rejoices. In an attempt to avoid a Bologna mission, Yossarian escapes for a short while from the base with Hungry Joe, Nately, and Dunbar in a stolen car.
However, they crash and are brought back to base. We learn that Yossarian, in a mission over Ferrera, miscalculated and had to go over the target twice to hit it. This resulted in the death of Kraft. Yossarian still feels guilty about it. However, Yossarian is awarded a medal for this mission by Colonel Cathcart. During the mission to Bologna, Yossarian cowardly turns his plane around and deserts the mission.
Captains Piltchard and Wren send Yossarian back to Bologna to complete his mission. He hits a lot of flak fire, freaks out, tries to get the stubborn Aarfy out of the nose of the plane, shouts directions to pilot McWatt, and just barely lands safely. Yossarian worries about Orr, his roomie, who is always shot down during missions.
He is relieved when Orr's plane comes sputtering in. Yossarian heads to Rome for a rest leave. There, he meets a beautiful Italian girl named Luciana and has an affair with her. Here, we learn that Catch applies in Italy, too. Yossarian loses Luciana after their affair and goes crazy trying to find her. We go back to the opening hospital scene. Yossarian pretends to see everything twice so he can stay in the hospital.
He then pretends to be some dying son for the benefit of a visiting family whose son just passed away. They don't recognize that Yossarian is not their son and the conversation is surprisingly emotional. One Thanksgiving, Yossarian argues with Scheisskopf's wife about God. Yossarian is upset when Colonel Cathcart raises the number of missions to sixty. Colonel Cathcart considers Yossarian a personal threat and resolves to take care of him.
We find out that after the Avignon mission, Yossarian showed up naked in formation to receive his medal because Snowden had bled all over his clothes. Besides Yossarian decided never to wear clothes again anyway. During a mission briefing, Yossarian begins moaning with desire for a woman. His moans get louder and louder until all the men echo it. Yossarian takes us back to relive the Avignon mission for a second time. This time, we discover that Snowden is the radio-gunner and that he is dying in the back of the plane.
Also, the copilot Dobbs wanted Yossarian to help him murder Cathcart. Yossarian refuses to help him kill Cathcart. During a rest leave, Yossarian flies with Milo to Cairo. Milo is organizing things for his syndicate so the whole long rest leave is full of flying, packing, and unpacking.
Yossarian never gets the rest he needs. He learns that Milo is a celebrity wherever he goes. Colonel Korn, who don't know how to handle the situation.
Men have been killed, perhaps needlessly; but the colonels don't care about that. They just don't want the official report to make them look bad. Yossarian suggests that they call it a heroic act and give him a medal. Like the bomb raid, the debate goes around twice until the colonels are the ones suggesting a medal — and a promotion as well. As Colonel Korn says, in the military it never hurts to "act boastfully about something we ought to be ashamed of.
Returning to the raid on Bologna late June , we find a fresh definition of courage. Yossarian has no interest in medals but is even braver than he was at Ferrara. In fact, the narrator tells us, Yossarian is so brave that he now has the courage to avoid the mission altogether. Yossarian tries to tell the immature pilot, Kid Sampson, that the plane must return to base because something is wrong. Sampson at first responds, "Everything seems okay.
Everything is all right. Yossarian outranks Sampson and the co-pilot, Nately, and finally convinces them that they must return because the intercom is not working. It isn't working because Yossarian has broken it.
After returning to the base, Yossarian watches for the return of the squadron planes that survive the mission. They all come back without a scratch. Bologna turns out to have been a milk run. Previous Chapters When Yossarian was brave, he had circled over a target twice in order to hit it, and, on the second pass, Kraft, a younger pilot from the division, had been killed by shrapnel.
Not knowing how to rebuke Yossarian for his foolhardiness, the authorities decided to stave off criticism by giving him a medal. SparkTeach Teacher's Handbook. Themes Motifs Symbols. Important Quotes Explained. Summary Chapters 11— Page 1 Page 2 Page 3. Summary — Chapter Captain Black Captain Black is pleased to hear that Colonel Cathcart has volunteered the men for the lethal mission of bombing Bologna.
Summary — Chapter Bologna It rains interminably before the Bologna mission, and the bombing run is delayed. Previous section Chapters 6—10 Next page Chapters 11—16 page 2.
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