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    The Chaplain is an Anabaptist chaplain in the army who starts off naive but loses his innocence as he witnesses the horrors of war. He struggles with maintaining his faith and relationship with God given the senselessness of death he sees. By the end, he has become disillusioned but finds renewed faith and courage to challenge the immoral orders of the army colonels. The chaplain represents how war can undermine religious faith and morality.

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    The Chaplain is an Anabaptist chaplain in the army who starts off naive but loses his innocence as he witnesses the horrors of war. He struggles with maintaining his faith and relationship with God given the senselessness of death he sees. By the end, he has become disillusioned but finds renewed faith and courage to challenge the immoral orders of the army colonels. The chaplain represents how war can undermine religious faith and morality.

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    The Chaplain

    By:Roxanna Gonzalez

    Character Summary
    Name: Albert Taylor Tappman
    Occupation: Anabaptist Chaplain
    Allies: Yossarian, Nately
    Enemies: Colonel Cathcart, Corporal Whitcomb
    Traits:
    -Navie
    -Shy
    -Kind

    Symbolism
    FAITH
    -He struggles with his relationship with god
    and the usefulness of his faith
    -Sin is justified
    -Irony Chaplain Sin
    -Regains faith in the end

    Transformation
    - Starts off pure and innocent
    - Begins to see the horrors of war
    - By the end his innocence is compromised

    Transformation
    "I'll persevere. I'll nag and badger
    Colonel Cathcart and Colonel Korn
    every time I see them. I'm not
    afraid."

    Stance on War
    - War causes him to question his faith
    - War causes his good friends to die
    - Safe to say he opposes war

    Relevance
    -Heller uses the Chaplain as a tool to satirize
    religion in a war environment
    -Morals are shaped and questioned

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