War, regardless of its noble justifications and the good intentions of soldiers, dehumanizes men and feeds their self interest, making it difficult to remain moral. The novel "Catch 22" by Joseph Heller illustrates the emotional consequences of war. "Catch 22" is a perfect example of demonstrating how soldiers change or morph from when they enter the war, until they leave if fortunate enough.
             Soldiers enter war with good intentions. They enter figuring they will not see any combat and the thought of death does not cross most minds. They figure they will be stationed in the rear or the war, in some foreign country for a short period of time, for the war will not last that long. In the beginning they all entered hospitals faking injuries, and mental illnesses just so they would not be on the battlefield. None of the soldiers expected to be spending over five years fighting in combat daily, and ironically having to actually enter the hospitals injured with limbs missing, or with insanity from the horrific sights they witnessed. The main character Yossarian for instance started his military career as a bomber with no fear. He was one of the best and surely the bravest, but was the war professed he began to realize that death could occur to him during any mission and that he was not immortal. The visions caught up with him and he became paranoid of flying and developed an acrophobia and refused to fly any more missions, either emitting himself into the hospital with kidney problems, or canceling missions because of a "broken" intercom. Most bomber experienced this fear of fighting after they witnessed someone they known die right in front of them.
             War dehumanizes men and feeds their self interest, they begin to become anti social with people from home. When soldiers returned home on leave or break they did not get along with their home environment, including their parents, siblings, neighbors, and sometimes wives or girl...