Character Analysis
After Tristram survives the British Army massacre in West Ireland, he waits out his army contract, then heads to London to be discharged. At the War Office, he meets with Major Berkeley, who happily agrees to do the paperwork.
To Tristram's surprise, Major Berkeley couldn't care less if Tristram wants to blow the lid on the army's "Extermination Sessions"—after all, they're all just doing their jobs, and when the orders come down from the Global Population Limitation Authority, someone's got to follow them.