"Yossarian was cold, too, and shivering uncontrollably. He felt goose pimples clacking all over him as he gazed down despondently at the grim secret Snowden had spilled all over the messy floor. It was easy to read the message in his entrails. Man was matter, that was Snowden’s secret. Drop him out a window and he’ll fall. Set fire to him and he’ll burn. Bury him and he’ll rot, like other kinds of garbage. That was Snowden’s secret. Ripeness was all" (Heller, 440).
This is the last time they talk about Snowden dying and it is described as his insides spilling out of his stomach and onto the floor. His death brought Yossarian to realization that, save for a spirit, man is nothing but matter. Yossarian has goosepumps so this cold feeling is him relating with Snowden. He could read a message in the guts, where he could see the prediction of his own death. Snowden's death is when Yossarian realizes he is afraid of death, and loses courage in the army. Although, death is inevitable, and the escaping the army will not help that. “Ripeness is all,” has some hope to it saying that for a short time he might be able to be truly alive. He holds onto that idea as he goes insane trying to stay alive in the army under catch-22, but eventually realizes no words can cause him to work against logic and put him in danger, so he deserts the army.
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