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Yossarian and the Young Woman with Burn Scars from "Catch-22". Yossarian sees a young woman whose face is horribly disfigured by burns. He cannot bear to look at her.

during his night walk through Rome

Yossarian and the Young Woman with Burn Scars

Yossarian sees a young woman whose face is horribly disfigured by burns. He cannot bear to look at her. The woman is a symbol of the permanent, visible scars that war inflicts, a reminder that some wounds never heal.