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Huple and Hungary Joe – Officers under Yossarian's command
General Dreedle – Possible head man for the war
ex-P.F.C Wintergreen – ex-Private First Class
This chapter commences with a bit of confusion. The dead man is re-introduced as a pest. He is spoken of as if he were alive and present. We are introduced to one of the many sides of the relationship of Orr and Yossarian. Orr is telling Yossarian of his past and confusing him just as he confused the chaplain.
Irony has been seen already many times, in addition to this chapter. "I'd be the last colonel in the world to order you to go to that U.S.O show and have a good time, but I want every one of you who isn't sick enough to be in a hospital to go to the U.S.O show right now and have a good time, and that's an order." (37) What is this all about? That doesn't make any sense.
The idea of missions, which is very key to the story is introduced here. "They were men who had finished their fifty missions."(36) There is a requirement for the number of missions that one must fly to be released from service, but the number has been raised once already.
Gus and Wes – Two medics who have perfected medicine to a science
Colonel Moodus – General Dreedle's son in law
This chapter is very confusing. The whole T.S. Eliot scene is very mind-boggling Ex-P.F.C Wintergreen responds to a question with the answer of T.S. Eliot and the General's can not understand it and figure he is speaking in some code.
Chief White Halfoat – A Native American who rooms with Doc Daneeka
Chief White Halfoat is the only new character introduced in this chapter, and already we are introduced to his personality. It is an awful thing to say, but one of my favorite quotes comes from Chief White Halfoat when he says "Racial prejudice is a terrible thing, Yossarian. It really is. It's a terrible thing to treat a decent, loyal Indian like a nigger, kike, wop ...