Hungry Joe's Nightmares and Death

Catch-22

Hungry Joe's cycle of fear, nightmares, and eventual death in his sleep.

increasing

Bearing strength in each event

decreasing

The nightmare cycle The nightmare cycle from "Catch-22". The Pattern The Relief Hungry Joe finishes his missions and packs his bags. He is happy. He gives a party. Then he goes to sleep and has screaming nightmares.

The nightmare cycle from "Catch-22". The Pattern The Relief Hungry Joe finishes his missions and packs his bags. He is happy. He gives a party. Then he goes to sleep and has screaming nightmares.

The Pattern The Relief Hungry Joe finishes his missions and packs his bags. He is happy. He gives a party. Then he goes to sleep and has screaming nightmares. The Return to Combat When Cathcart raises the missions, Hungry Joe is back on combat status. The nightmares stop. He is terrified but functional. The Inversion Hungry Joe is only calm when he is in danger. Peace terrifies him. His psyche is warped by the war.

The cat on his face The cat on his face from "Catch-22". The Final Nightmare The Dream Hungry Joe dreams that Huple's cat is sleeping on his face, suffocating him. He wakes to find the cat actually on his face.

The cat on his face from "Catch-22". The Final Nightmare The Dream Hungry Joe dreams that Huple's cat is sleeping on his face, suffocating him. He wakes to find the cat actually on his face.

The Final Nightmare The Dream Hungry Joe dreams that Huple's cat is sleeping on his face, suffocating him. He wakes to find the cat actually on his face. The Struggle He tries to shoot the cat. Yossarian intervenes. They have a fair fight. Hungry Joe wins, but the cat returns. The Death Later, Hungry Joe dies in his sleep. The cat is found on his face. He is killed by his own nightmare. His death is absurd and pathetic.

Throughout the novel, whenever he finishes a tour

Near the end of the novel