cach22

故事发生在第二次世界大战期间，美国空军的

一支飞行大队驻守在意大利以南地中海上的一个小岛

上。主人公约塞连是这支飞行大队的上尉轰炸手。他

本来是一个正直勇敢、富有爱国心的青年。起初，他

抱着为祖国而战的信念，出色地完成了任务，因而被

提拔为上尉，还获得了一枚勋章。后来他发现周围的

人都在暗算他，企图置他于死地。他竭力要保全自己

的生命，他要逃离这个“世界”。最后，约塞连恍然大悟，

第二十二条军规原来是一个骗局，他临阵逃脱，跑到

瑞典去寻找避难所。

[美]约瑟夫·海勒（josephhelle）

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couldreaiifididn’becomejaundiceandwenawayhey

coulddischargehimbuhisjusbeingshorofjaundiceallhe

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eachmorningheycamearound，hreebriskandserious

menwihefficienmouhsandinefficieneyes，accompaniedby

briskandseriousnurseducke，oneofhewardnurseswho

didn’likeyossarianheyreadhecharahefooofhebed

andaskedimpaienlyabouhepainheyseemedirriaedwhen

heoldhemiwasexaclyhesame

“sillnomovemen?”hefullcoloneldemanded

hedocorsexchangedalookwhenheshookhishead

“givehimanoherpill”nurseduckemadeanoeogive

yossariananoherpill，andhefourofhemmovedalongohe

nexbednoneofhenurseslikedyossarianacually，hepain

inhisliverhadgoneaway，buyossariandidn’sayanyhingand

hedocorsneversuspecedheyjussuspecedhahehad

beenmovinghisbowelsandnoellinganyone

yossarianhadeveryhinghewanedinhehospialhefood

wasn’oobad，andhismealswerebroughohiminbedhere

wereexraraionsoffreshmea，andduringhehoparofhe

afernoonheandheoherswereservedchilledfruijuiceor

chilledchocoemilkaparfromhedocorsandhenurses，no

oneeverdisurbedhimforalilewhileinhemorninghehad

ocensorleers，buhewasfreeaferhaospendheres

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comforableinhehospial，andiwaseasyosayonbecause

healwaysranaemperaureof10aferhehadmadeuphismindospendheresofhewar

inhehospial，yossarianwroeleersoeveryoneheknew

sayinghahewasinhehospialbunevermenioningwhy

onedayhehadabeerideaoeveryoneheknewhewroe

hahewasgoingonaverydangerousmission“heyaskedfor

voluneersi’sverydangerous，busomeonehasodoii’ll

wrieyouheinsanigeback”andhehadnowrienanyone

since

allheofficerpaiensinhewardwereforcedocensor

leerswrienbyallheenlisedmenpaiens，whowerekep

inresidenceinwardsofheirowniwasamonoonousjob，and

yossarianwasdisappoinedolearnhahelivesofenlisedmen

wereonlyslighlymoreineresinghanhelivesofofficersafer

hefirsdayhehadnocuriosiyaallobreakhemonoonyhe

invenedgamesdeahoallmodifiers，hedecredoneday，

andouofeveryleerhapassedhroughhishandswenevery

adverbandeveryadjecivehenexdayhemadewaronaricles

hereachedamuchhigherpneofcreaiviyhefollowingday

whenhebckedoueveryhinginheleersbua，anandhe

haerecedmoredynamicinralinearensions，hefel，andin

jusaboueverycaselefamessagefarmoreuniversalsoonhe

wasproscribingparsofsaluaionsandsignauresandleaving

heexunouchedoimehebckedouallbuhesaluaion

“dearmary”fromaleer，andaheboomhewroe，“iyearn

foryouragicallyroshipman，chapin，usarmy”roshipman

washegroupchapin’sname

whenhehadexhausedallpossibiliiesinheleers，he

beganaackinghenamesandaddressesonheenvelopes，

oblieraingwholehomesandsrees，a

ihiingenire

meropoliseswihcarelessflicksofhiswrisashoughhewere

godcach22requiredhaeachcensoredleerbearhe

censoringofficer’snamemosleershedidn’readaallon

hosehedidn’readaallhewroehisownnameonhose

hedidreadhewroe，“washingonirving”whenhagrew

monoonoushewroe，“irvingwashingon”censoringhe

envelopeshadseriousrepercussions，producedarippleofanxiey