Even though Yossarian always wanted the best for the military his survival was the most important thing to him. Yossarian first came to this conclusion when he realizes that war is for real. Snowden’s death had a great impact on his life. At the beginning of the story we see the side of Yossarian that would go over a bomb site twice if he missed the first time. Later in the story we the …showed first 75 words of 495 total…

…showed last 75 words of 495 total…a Catch-22. Yossarian’s main goal in the military is to survive. The examples given of him faking sick. His attempt to insure safety by moving the bomb lines back. Finally his only mission when he goes up in a plane is to come down alive. From our point of views Yossarian’s actions might have been cowardly or chicken-hearted but we have no room to judge unless we have experienced war for our selves.