1. A Comparison in the way humour is employed in C22&CCM
... nature of this dialogue arrangement is used throughout, and is therefore an integral part of the novel. Religion is used in Captain Corelli's Mandolin for similar satirical effects as in Catch-22. The chapter "Bunnios"(46), which involve the English spy mistaken for an "angel" by the unintelligent Alekos, provides a highly amusing account of misinterpretation and amounts peculiar questions of ... modernise." Further comical religious incidents involve Father Arsenios; being drunk before sermon and beating burglars and escorting them to Dr. Iannis abode while wearing nothing but boots. Ho...
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