Chapter 41: Snowden

In Chapter 41 of Catch-22, Yossarian is recovering in the hospital after being stabbed by Nately's whore. He discusses the deal he made with Colonel Korn and Colonel Cathcart with the chaplain and decides not to go through with it. He also has a flashback to the moment of Snowden's death, reliving the experience and seeing the secret message in Snowden's entrails. Yossarian reflects on the idea that without the spirit, man is just matter and destined to rot like garbage.