Both intrigued, and confused

I have now started reading the book Catch 22 and as Yossarian says; "It was love at first sight". As we enter the story of what is Catch 22, we are introduced to our main character Yossarian, a member of the 256th squadron flying combat missions in Italy during world war 2. As the story begins Yossarian is laying in his hospital bed, as he has "liver pains". In reality Yossarian is doing just fine but he no longer wants to participate in the war, so he instead will stay in the hospital bed, censoring letters and getting to know the new Chaplain who is visiting Yossarian‘s part of the hospital. Yossarian proves to be quite fond of the Chaplain and encourages him to visit more often.

The visit from the Chaplain proves to be the most "normal" part of what I have read so far. In Yossarian‘s sick hall there are a number of characters, but the one who gets my utmost attention is "Patient White". The patient is a wounded soldier who is covered in white bandages all over his body and is completely immobilized. As it turns out though, the patient has been dead for a while and it is only discovered once the nurse is checking everyone‘s temperature.

As my reading of this week is coming to a close, our hero Yossarian is becoming more and more frustrated and wanting to go home. He tells his Officer that he desires to go home, but the officer tells him that he will need 50 combat missions, but Yossarian only has 44. And so ends the chapter and this week‘s reading, I am excited to tell you of more next week.