Chapter 42: Yossarian

In the final chapter of Catch-22, Yossarian is recovering in the hospital and decides that he will not go through with the deal he made with Korn and Cathcart to betray his comrades and go home. Instead, he decides to desert and flee to Sweden. The chaplain brings news that Orr has washed ashore in Sweden, giving Yossarian hope that he too can escape the war and its madness. As he leaves the hospital, Nately's whore tries to attack him again, and he runs away. The novel ends with Yossarian's decision to flee and his hope for a better future.