Catch-22 (1)

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1、Catch-22ByJosephHellerCourtesy:ShahidRiazIslamabad-Pakistanshahid.riaz@gmail.com“Catch-22”ByJosephHeller2TheTexanItwasloveatfirstsight.ThefirsttimeYossariansawthechaplainhefellmadlyinlovewithhim.Yossarianwasinthehospitalwithapaininhisliverthatfelljustshortofbeing

2、jaundice.Thedoctorswerepuzzledbythefactthatitwasn’tquitejaundice.Ifitbecamejaundicetheycouldtreatit.Ifitdidn’tbecomejaundiceandwentawaytheycoulddischargehim.Butthisjustbeingshortofjaundiceallthetimeconfusedthem.Eachmorningtheycamearound,threebriskandseriousmenwit

3、hefficientmouthsandinefficienteyes,accompaniedbybriskandseriousNurseDuckett,oneofthewardnurseswhodidn’tlikeYossarian.Theyreadthechartatthefootofthebedandaskedimpatientlyaboutthepain.Theyseemedirritatedwhenhetoldthemitwasexactlythesame.‘Stillnomovement?’thefullcol

4、oneldemanded.Thedoctorsexchangedalookwhenheshookhishead.‘Givehimanotherpill.’NurseDuckettmadeanotetogiveYossariananotherpill,andthefourofthemmovedalongtothenextbed.NoneofthenurseslikedYossarian.Actually,thepaininhisliverhadgoneaway,butYossariandidn’tsayanythingan

5、dthedoctorsneversuspected.Theyjustsuspectedthathehadbeenmovinghisbowelsandnottellinganyone.Yossarianhadeverythinghewantedinthehospital.Thefoodwasn’ttoobad,andhismealswerebroughttohiminbed.Therewereextrarationsoffreshmeat,andduringthehotpartoftheafternoonheandtheo

6、therswereservedchilledfruitjuiceorchilledchocolatemilk.Apartfromthedoctorsandthenurses,nooneeverdisturbedhim.Foralittlewhileinthemorninghehadtocensorletters,buthewasfreeafterthattospendtherestofeachdaylyingaroundidlywithaclearconscience.Hewascomfortableinthehospi

7、tal,anditwaseasytostayonbecausehealwaysranatemperatureof101.HewasevenmorecomfortablethanDunbar,whohadtokeepfallingdownonhisfaceinordertogethismealsbroughttohiminbed.Afterhehadmadeuphismindtospendtherestofthewarinthehospital,Yossarianwroteletterstoeveryoneheknewsa

8、yingthathewasinthehospitalbutnevermentioningwhy.Onedayhehadabetteridea.Toeveryoneheknewhewrotethathewasgoingonaverydangerousmission.‘Theyaskedforvolunteers.It’