Through the lavender gloom clouding the entrance of the operations tent, Yossarian glimpsed Chief White Halfoat, diligently embezzling whiskey rations, forging the signatures of nondrinkers and pouring off the alcohol with which he was poisoning himself into separate bottles rapidly in order to steal as much as he could before Captain Black roused himself with recollection and came hurrying over indolently to steal the rest himself.
(Through the lavender gloom clouding the entrance of the operations tent, Yossarian glimpsed Chief White Halfoat, diligently embezzling whiskey rations, forging the signatures of nondrinkers and pouring off the alcohol with which he was poisoning himself into separate bottles rapidly in order to steal as much as he could before Captain Black roused himself with recollection and came hurrying over indolently to steal the rest himself.)
在充满绝望和荒谬感的场景中，Yossarian在行动帐篷中看到了白色的中塔酋长。 Halfoat进行了一次狡猾的行动，通过伪造那些禁止喝酒的人的签名来挪用威士忌。这种欺骗行为反映了军方的混乱和道德上模棱两可的环境，在这种环境中，个人优先考虑自己的需求而不是道德考虑。
在战时混乱中，Halfoat的行为说明了一种深刻的生存感和自我利益。当他急忙将威士忌倒入单独的瓶子中时，很明显，他的动机是在布莱克船长到达索取自己的份额之前尽可能多地储存的愿望。这种情况封装了贪婪的主题和官僚主义的荒谬性，在海勒的“ Catch-22”中普遍存在，突出了人们在有缺陷的系统中所走的长度。