Yossarian is in the hospital with a pain in his liver that falls just short of being jaundice. He is comfortable in the hospital and censors letters to pass the time. One day, the chaplain arrives and Yossarian is surprised to find that they have a mutual friend. The chaplain is shy and apologetic, but Yossarian is friendly and warm. He warns the chaplain of the craziness of the other wards, and the chaplain promises to be careful. In the ward, there is a soldier in white with two useless legs and two useless arms, and a colonel with a vortex of specialists trying to determine what is wrong with him. The woman with curly ash-blond hair visits him every day. Eventually, the patients start to leave the hospital, and Yossarian tells the doctors that his pain has gone away.
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Summary
Yossarian is in the hospital with a pain in his liver that falls just short of being jaundice. He is comfortable in the hospital and censors letters to pass the time. One day, the chaplain arrives and Yossarian is surprised to find that they have a mutual friend. The chaplain is shy and apologetic, but Yossarian is friendly and warm. He warns the chaplain of the craziness of the other wards, and the chaplain promises to be careful. In the ward, there is a soldier in white with two useless legs and two useless arms, and a colonel with a vortex of specialists trying to determine what is wrong with him. The woman with curly ash-blond hair visits him every day. Eventually, the patients start to leave the hospital, and Yossarian tells the doctors that his pain has gone away.