... news, and his conversation in chapter 2 with Clevinger: "They"re trying to kill me." "No ones trying to kill you." "Then why are they shooting at me?" "They"re shooting at everyone." "And what difference does that make?" The humour in Captain Corelli's Mandolin is intertwined gently into the novel from the start as light-hearted comedy. The initial chapter has Doctor Iannis ... the character) concentrates on his parades with ridiculous attention to detail which are irrelevant to the war. This "duo" emphasises their incompetence on a satirical note, though maintaining their prestige and p...

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