Captain John Yossarian
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Captain John Yossarian is the cynical, self-preserving U.S. Army bombardier protagonist of Joseph Heller’s satirical World War II novel Catch-22.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| Captain John Yossarian canonical | 1 |
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
fictional character
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literary character ⓘ |
| adaptedIn |
1970 film Catch-22
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1973 television pilot Catch-22 NERFINISHED ⓘ 2019 television miniseries Catch-22 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| appearsIn | Catch-22 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| characterTrait |
anti-authoritarian
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cynical ⓘ pacifistic tendencies ⓘ paranoid ⓘ self-preserving ⓘ |
| conflict | World War II ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| creator | Joseph Heller NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ethnicBackground | Assyrian-American (inferred from surname and text) ⓘ |
| familyName | Yossarian NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstAppearance | novel Catch-22 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstPublicationYear | 1961 ⓘ |
| genre | satire ⓘ |
| givenName | John NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | postmodern literature ⓘ |
| literarySignificance | iconic antihero of 20th-century American fiction ⓘ |
| loveInterest | Nately’s whore’s younger sister (unrequited/protective) ⓘ |
| militaryRank | Captain ⓘ |
| narrativeRole | protagonist ⓘ |
| nationalityInFiction | American ⓘ |
| notableAction |
refuses to fly more combat missions
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walks away from the war at the end of Catch-22 ⓘ |
| notableConcept | Catch-22 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
U.S. Army Air Forces officer
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bombardier ⓘ |
| opposes |
military bureaucracy
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pointless missions ⓘ |
| portrayedBy |
Alan Arkin
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Christopher Abbott NERFINISHED ⓘ Richard Dreyfuss NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primaryGoal | to survive the war ⓘ |
| relationship |
friend of Dunbar
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friend of Nately ⓘ friend of Orr ⓘ subordinate of Colonel Cathcart ⓘ subordinate of Colonel Korn ⓘ |
| servedIn |
256th Squadron (fictional)
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U.S. Army Air Forces NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| stationedAt | Pianosa (fictionalized Mediterranean island) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
individual resistance to absurd authority
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the absurdity of war ⓘ |
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