This week in Reading

Ok, so now it is time to summarize what I have read this week and what has happened in the book so far! So sit back and relax.

So over in Italy Yossarian's squadron receives the green light to bomb the city of Bologna, but Yossarian being Yossarian does not feel like doing this and pretends that the internal communication system in his plane have broken down and is not working properly. He orders his pilot to find a place to land. They end up on a deserted airfield and Yossarian takes a nap on the beach. He wakes up from the sound of the other airplanes returning and believes that the clouds have prevented them from doing the bombing runs since no plane seemed to be damaged at all. Upon returning to base he finds out the squadron faced no opposition and completed the run. Captain Pilchard and Captain Wren says that the bombing run was a bust as they missed the ammunition storage the first time and will be forced to bomb Bologna again. On the second bombing run Yossarian flies in fearless believing that there will be no Opposition and no anti-aircraft guns. He is surprised when suddenly shrapnel is fired around him and he tells the pilots to do evasive maneuvers. They manage to drop the bombs and complete the mission. Several planes got shot down, yet Yossarian survives. 

Yossarian pleased with surviving another day and another mission goes to a bar where he meets a woman called Luciana, Yossarian buys Luciana dinner and dances with her. The next morning Luciana meets Yossarian in his tent but refuses to sleep with him before the room is clean. Yossarian falls in love with Luciana and asks her to marry him. She scoffs it off and calls him crazy as nobody wants to marry a girl that was not a virgin. During a conversation about a scar, she got when the allied forces bombed her town when suddenly Hungry Joe rushes into Yossarian’s tent with a camera. After getting dressed, they go outside when Luciana gives Yossarian her number, and tells him she expects him to rip it into several pieces, as he should be proud of himself for sleeping with her. Yossarian not understanding the logic asks why he would do it. Right after Luciana leaves, Yossarian being so proud of himself, does rip the note into pieces, but instantly regrets it. When the colonel again raises the number of missions, he feels a sudden pain in his liver and goes back to the hospital.

That is it for this week everyone!

See you next week!