Catch-22 Characters and Plot info – Flashcards
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Paranoid about the possibility of danger inflicting his family
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(Captain) Chaplain
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Captain Chaplain's full name
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Chaplain Albert Taylor Tappman (A.T Tappman)
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Always punches Colonel Moodus in the nose
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Chief White Halfoat
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Colonel Cathcart's Lieutenant Colonel and assistant, who went to a state college.
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Colonel Korn
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Hates colonel Moodus, his son-in-law and enjoys having Moodus punched in the face.
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General Dreedle
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What do Colonels wear
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Silver leafs
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Struggles with his faith in God and questions the possibility of heaven or hell in a finite but expanding universe.
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(Captain) Chaplain
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Wants to die of pneumonia
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Chief White Halfoat
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Afraid of getting his throat slit by almost everyone, especially Chief White
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Captain Flume
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Promoted to seargent because Cathcart likes his idea of form letters to the families of the dead and wounded.
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Corporal Whitcomb
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Chaplain's word to describe something that is never seen
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Jamais vu
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How old is Nately
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19 years old
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Lead Navigator who is arrogant, sadistic and likes the prospect of working with Nately's distinguised father after the war
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Aarfy
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A very bad Lead Navigator, opposite of Chaplain because he isn't humble and he's falsely self-proclaimed. Gets losts on combat missions
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Aarfy
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Got injured in his parts and asked Aarfy, who lied that he couldn't hear him, for help
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Yossarian
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Someone who Yossarian pretended to be. Has a father in the state legislature and a sister who's engaged to a champion skier
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Warrant Officer Homer Lumley
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Nurse Duckett's first name
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Sue Ann
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A psychiatrists who thinks he is treating Anthony F. Fortiori because that is the name on the chart on Yossarian's bed.
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Major Sanderson
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Person who sends Yossarian to a psychiatrist after he finds out what Yoss. and Dunbar did to Nurse Duckett
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Colonel Ferredge
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Caught Yossarian in a contradiction about both liking fish and having no feelings towards fish (pg 295)
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Major Sanderson
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Wants to kill Colonel Cathcart
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Dobbs
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Scared of getting sent to the Pacific Ocean
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Doc Daneeka
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"Probably the most influential man in the whole theater of operations. Not only a mail clerk. He won't help anybody, and that's on reason he'll go very far" (302 Yoss.).
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Wintergreen
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Colonel Cathcart wanted to use THIS MISSION to speed up the number of casualties to get himself in the Saturday Evening Post in time for christmas
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Avignon
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Dead man in Yossarian's tent
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Mudd
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The mission where Mudd, the dead man in Yoss's tent, died at two hours after arriving at Pianosa
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Orvierto (The mission that Milo Orchestrated with Germans and Americans for money)
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Milo's corporation
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M and M Enterprises (Fine Fruits and Produce)
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Where Milo buys eggs for 1 cent a piece
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Sicily
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Where Milo sells eggs to himself for 7 cents a piece to raise the price of eggs
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Malta
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Really just a milk run
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Mission to Bologna
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Ditched his plane and got forever lost over the third mission to Avignon. Last seem rowing away with a huge smile on his face
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Orr
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Good at poker, ping pong and almost everything else. From Iowa
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Appleby
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Really good at creating and building helpful knick knacks. Also always gets shot down. Pilot
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Orr
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According to Yossarian, _______ was a happy, unsuspecting simpleton. Same guy who kept getting hit in the head by a girl.
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Orr
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The only person "Nately's girl" likes because he treats her like dirt.
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Captain Black
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A pseudo-intellectual pedant who is only concerned with appearance. Jealous of General Dreedle, the combat officer and thinks that he should be in-charge
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General Peckem
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The raid on a small, defenseless Italian village satirizes what?
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It satirizes Military logic
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Obssessed with parades. Joins Gen Peckem's command and fits well
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Colonel Scheisskopt (formerly Lieutenant).
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General P.P. Peckem's age
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53
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What branch is General Peckem in charge of?
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Special Services
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Likes listening to himself talk and plans on targeting Gen Dreedle's base.
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General Peckem
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Ex-Seargent
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Wintergreen
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Constantly digging holes because he always goes AWOL.
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(Ex PFC) Wintergreen
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Didn't want to bomb the small, defenseless, Italian village
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Dunbar, Yossarian and McWatt
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Name some pilots
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McWatt, Dobbs, Huple, Orr
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Doesn't trust Huple's pilot skills even though he is a worse pilot than Huple. He tries to take control from Huple
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Dobbs
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A radio gunner who died over the blahhh mission. Had a melon shaped wound on his thigh
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Snowden
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Yossarian's new pilot. Yossarian thoughts he may have lost this guy's friendship after Yoss threatened to kill him.
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McWatt
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Likes to fly really low over Yossarian's tent just to frighten Yossarian. Nately's tent partner
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McWatt
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Stopped speaking with Nurse Duckett, her friend, after Nurse Duckett's relationship with Yossarian
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Nurse Cramer
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Name three people who died or disappeared
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Orr, Clevinger, (Kid Sampson)
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McWatt accidentally slices who while flying his plane (337)
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Kid Sampson
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Flies a plane into a mountain after what happened to Kid Sampson. He also dies (339)
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McWatt
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Another person who also "died" in McWatt's plane. Gets a letter of condolences sent to his wife and children.
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Doc Daneeka (He didn't really die, but records showed that he went up in the plane with McWatt so they consider him dead even though he is right in front of them)
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At first devastated by the loss of her husband but after finding out she was the sole beneficiary of a $10,000 GI insurance policy, she was happy
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Mrs. Daneeka
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Where did Mrs. Daneeka and her children leave to and left no forwarding address to?
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Lansing, Michigan
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The four new, enthusiastic 21 year old kids in Yossarian's tent were there to.....
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Replace McWatt and Kid Sampson
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How old is Yossarian
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28
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All it took for "Nately's girl" to fall in love with Nately
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A good night's sleep
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"Perchè" means what in Italian
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Why
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Italian word for crazy
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Pazzo
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Gets his nose busted by Yossarian and has to go to the hospital (359-360)
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Nately
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Shot himself in the leg by accident while playing with a loaded gun.
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Corporal Kolodny
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Obssessed with taking pictures, used to be a photographer for "Life Magazine"
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Hungry Joe
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The name of the NEW "soldier in white"
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Lieutenant Schmulker (He's burned all over)
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Nurse Duckett heard that they were going to "disappear" who?
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Dunbar
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Two people who died after the missions were raised to 80 to make up for Milo only flying 5 missions (376)
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Dobbs and Nately ( T_T )
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Always argues with Yossarian about war and dies over the mission of milk run to Parma (104)
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Clevinger
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Temporarily captain of the 256th squadron
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Yossarian
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Liked Peanut Brittle and likes to shoot tiny field mice. A great Lead Bombadier who never took evasive action
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Havermeyer
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Walked around with crab apples and horse chestnuts in his mouth as a child. Wants big cheeks
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Orr
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Was a very BAD marketing executive. Helped firms establish losses for tax purposes (27)
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Colonel Cargill
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Two enlisted men who ran the medical tent (32)
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Gus and Wes
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What Yossarian gets for hitting the target in two tries
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Distinguished Flying Cross
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Killed on Yoss's 23rd mission. HE only required 25 missions. He was replaced by Colonel Cathcart
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Colonel Nevers
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Kid from Pennsylvania who died at the mission, Ferrera
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Kraft
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Old squadron commander, killed over Perugia. Replaced by Major Major
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Major Duluth
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Milo's mess seargeant and chef. Intellectual snob. Also poisoned the squadron to prove the men had no taste
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Corporal Snark
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Short for Aardvaark. "Aardvaark is my name, Navigation is my game"
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Aarfy
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Havard Undergraduate, won scholarships etc. Intelligent but had no brains (68)
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Clevinger
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Where Yossarian and Clevinger went to cadet school together
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Santa Ana, CA
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Lieutenant at the aviation cadet squadron in Santa Ana
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(Lieutenant) Scheisskopt
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Lieutenant Scheisskopt's girlfriend (Not wife). 19 years old
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Dori Duz
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Looks like Henry Fonda, similar to Miniver Cheevy. Named Caleb by his father
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Major Major
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Sells Alfafas, a farmer
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Major Major's dad
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Likes to pitch horseshoes, Squadron's Executive Officer. Has a feared, brave image
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Major de---Coverly
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Commanded by Major Major to only allow people to see him when he is not in the office
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Sergeant Towser
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Pill that supposedly helps one be a better pilot
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Atabrine Tablets
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Outsmarted by Major Major for role of Squadron Commander. Liked to tell people to eat their own liver
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Captain Black
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Spread rumors about Major Major being Henry Fonda and communist. Started the "loyalty Oath"
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Captain Black
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Awarded a medal for capturing Bologna even though he didn't do anything
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General Peckem
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How old is Milo Minderbinder
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27
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Italian girl with invisible scar
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Luciana
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Name of soldier who saw everything twice
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Giuseppe
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How old is Colonel Cathcart?
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36
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Wanted enlisted men to get a skeet shooting range
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General Dreedle
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Atheist assistant to Chaplain who also lives in the woods
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Corporal Whitcomb
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Group Operations Officer
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Major Danby
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Almost seen
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Presque Vu
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Threw a red rose at Major---de Coverly
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Old Man
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Doc who was transferred to the Pacific
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Dr. Stubbs
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Promoted again, this time to Lieutenant General. New commanding officer of Gen Peckem
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Scheisskopt
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Replaced General Dreedle after the big crash that killed 12. After hearing that Scheisskopt was promoted to Lieu. Gen, he believed the promotion was meant for him
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General Peckem
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Place where Nately and 11 others were killed
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Spezia
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What does Catch 22 say, according to the old lady (407)
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Says officers have the right to do anything we can't stop them from doing
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Where did Orr really disappear to?
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Sweden
