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Captain Yossarian is the protagonist of the 1961 novel Catch-22 by Joseph Heller. He is a bombardier in the 256th squadron of the Army Air Force (which later became the US Air Force). Yossarian is also the protagonist of Catch-22's sequel, Closing Time, published in 1994. Yossarian's main concern in life is that people are trying to kill him, a justifiable qualm considering he is fighting a war. Because of this, Yossarian tries repeatedly to get grounded. His primary method is to feign either illness or insanity.
The first ever Biggles story introduces Biggles in the following way, "a slight, fair haired, good looking lad still in his 'teens, but an acting Flight-Commander". He has "deep-set hazel eyes" which hold a "glint of yellow fire". His hands are "small and delicate as a girl's".
