... the base. Cathcart's ignorance and inhumanity is clear, by raising the number of missions in hoping of promotion. Scheisskopf (meaning "shit head", which is an accurate comic description of 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 power throughout ... as before, which in turn receives him a visit from the family of the original man who claimed the illness to begin with. The absurdity in which the family cannot distingu...

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