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- Title
Are Rats Comrades? Some Readings of a Question in Orwell.
- Authors
Savage, Robert
- Abstract
The article looks at the symbolic aspects of rat characters in political fables written by George Orwell. The status of rats has been questioned during a meeting of animals depicted in the book "Animal Farm." It suggests that the rats in the fable would not be considered as comrades of other animals when they are fascists. In the fable "The Road to Wigan Pier," fascism and communism are attributed to rats and rat-poison.
- Subjects
RATS in literature; SYMBOLISM of animals; FABLES; ORWELL, George, 1903-1950; FASCISM in literature; COMMUNISM in literature; ANIMAL Farm (Book : Orwell); ROAD to Wigan Pier, The (Book)
- Publication
Colloquy: Text Theory Critique, 2006, Issue 12, p83
- ISSN
1325-9490
- Publication type
Literary Criticism