How My Question Relates to Catch 22

     I originally thought that this question would be simple to answer, because my book contains a setting in the middle of a war.  War is often thought of as a very traumatic, evil event, and rightly so.  Humans naturally create conflict between each other, and that idea is prevalent throughout Catch 22.  The consistent turmoil that occurs in the novel demonstrates an almost primal nature that exists in mankind, and detrimental to the men's overall health and stability.  Interestingly enough, the egregious acts committed in the novel are not enemy against enemy, but ally against ally.  For example, the teasing Major Major Major receives is synonymous with childhood bullying; others make fun of a certain attribute that one has and uses it to hurt him.  It also represents it because Major Major is a Major, many ranks above those of the other men, and it is also another outlet for the men to make fun of because he holds a title that ironically utilizes his name.  Is this trait just part of human nature, or it it something we as humans consciously decide to do?

     One of the primary characters, Yossarian, does not want to fly in the air force anymore, and simply wants to be sent home.  His crazy captain, however, keeps raising the amount of missions a soldier must go on before he can be sent home.  In order to stay out of the missions, though, Yossarian fakes an injury and attempts to camp in the hospital for as along as he can.  I'm not sure whether or not this evasive nature displays the good or evil in him, because one could argue that he isn't performing the duties to his country which he signed up for, but on the other hand is just a scared soldier who doesn't want to deal with the atrocities that are literally bombarding him daily.