How we cite our quotes: Citations follow this format: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #21
"Please make yourself comfortable, Chaplain, invited the colonel cordially, switching on a blinding spotlight and shooting it squarely into the chaplain's face. He placed a set of brass knuckles and a box of wooden matches on the table. "We want you to relax."
The chaplain's eyes bugged out incredulously. His teeth chattered and his limbs felt utterly without strength. He was powerless. They might do whatever they wished to him, he realized; these brutal men might beat him to death right there in the basement, and no one would intervene to save him…(36.29-30)
The colonel's words are at odds with his actions. Though he tells the chaplain not to fear, he lays out instruments of torture that inspire fear in him.
Quote #22
Yossarian marched backward with his gun on his hip and refused to fly any more missions. He marched backward because he was continuously spinning around as he walked to make certain no one was sneaking up on him from behind. Every sound to his rear was a warning, every person he passed a potential assassin. (38.1)
Yossarian's paranoia that everyone is out to kill him is validated by Nately's prostitute, who disguises herself to get at him. This keeps Yossarian constantly on guard.