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Milo Minderbinder
Yossarian’s chief antagonist, Colonel Cathcart continually raises the number of missions required for the men in his group to return home. Cathcart does not care about his men, nor about military victory—he is only interested in advancing his own standing in the military hierarchy. Cathcart is a selfish, vain man, who relies on his assistant, Korn, for most important decisions.
Colonel Cathcart Quotes in Catch-22
The Catch-22 quotes below are all either spoken by Colonel Cathcart or refer to Colonel Cathcart. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Chapter 19
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Colonel Cathcart was a slick, successful, slipshod, unhappy man of thirty-six who lumbered when he walked and wanted to be a general. He was dashing and dejected, poised and chagrined.
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Chapter 35
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No, sir . . . it’s generally known that you’ve flown only two missions. And that one of those occurred when Aarfy accidentally flew you over enemy territory while navigating you to Naples for a black-market water cooler.
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Colonel Cathcart Quotes in Catch-22
The Catch-22 quotes below are all either spoken by Colonel Cathcart or refer to Colonel Cathcart. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
).
Chapter 19
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Colonel Cathcart was a slick, successful, slipshod, unhappy man of thirty-six who lumbered when he walked and wanted to be a general. He was dashing and dejected, poised and chagrined.
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Chapter 35
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No, sir . . . it’s generally known that you’ve flown only two missions. And that one of those occurred when Aarfy accidentally flew you over enemy territory while navigating you to Naples for a black-market water cooler.
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