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Morale was deteriorating and it was all Yossarian's fault. The country was in peril, and Yossarian had to make sure it remained steady. He would tell the other sailors that they were better off dead than sharing a barrack with men who were disaffected and demoralized. It wasn't enough for Yossarian to encourage the men as they flew off to their death; as they jumped out of their airplanes into the ocean, he wanted them to think that they were joining a noble cause and that they would be remembered as heroes for sacrificing themselves for their country, not for suicide missions.
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