The acquaintance is shocked, asks what could have happened to bring about this change, so the main character explains.

Because, as one character explains, "murder, the unique crime, is a paradigm of its age."

Just wait half a page and a character will explain it to you.

As one character explains, all he wants is a home with a closed door "to open and shut like the czar in his palace."

Each character explained what they loved about the number five before singing lead on the chorus of the song.

The character explains that the illness of her youngest daughter has cost her three days in lost pay.

Another character explains: "Catch-22 says they have a right to do anything we can't stop them from doing."

This character may also explain the popularity of positivism in certain political circles.

That way the characters can explain everything to him, and, of course, to the audience.