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Black Humor: Senselessness Of War

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The failure of the American governments throughout the years, to provide justification for war and other forms of conflict, lessened support for it; hence, people have become more skeptical about the honor that supposedly comes with sacrifice selflessness for the sake of the country. People’s disillusionment also led to the development of black humor in American culture. More commonly described as the “humor that deals with unpleasant aspects of life in a bitter or ironic way”, black humour has became the American people’s way to express their feelings of disillusionment and hopelessness. Indeed this is the central theme that emerged in the novel, Heller depicts through black humour, the senselessness of war, particularly the act of enlisting
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