The Whore and How she becomes a parallel character to the novel as a whole

A Psycho Whore A man is faced with the horrible task of delivering the news of his friend's fatality to his love partner...a whore. She then tries to stab the man to death with a -wait a minute- a potato peeler! She continues to insults him by calling him "bruto!" and by spitting on his face. The woman then seduces this man into trusting her and later she pulls out a bread knife to …

…ends up being sent to worse missions. The violent scene in chapter 38 summarizes the plot of the book. Yossarian's odyssey during the story can be told with just that scene. The whore serves as a tool for Heller to enlighten the reader what has happened until that point. It also includes the ideas the author meant to get across with the story. Nately's whore and the violent scene she creates, tells Catch-22 in few words.