Major Major

Chapter nine is all about Major Major Major Major, and boy, is that guy messed up!  It starts with his sadistic father, who gives him the name Major Major Major.  That'll start your life in a hole, won't it?  When he gets promoted to Major, after only three days in the service, it's obvious that he's doomed to failure forever.  Heller spends this chapter still talking in circles, all the while painting a picture of the perfect diplomat - useless and ineffective in all his endeavors.  What else would you expect from a man with a name like that?