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Sunday, July 15, 2012
Bathroom Monologue: Revenge of Pigs
The Pigs were mistrusted, distrusted and even
disdained after the revolution, so their generosity was surprising to many,
especially to horses. The farm fell on hard times without centralized
management, and it turned out winter kind of sucked as far as food supplies.
Their offer of unlimited grazing appealed at first to the forgiving, and then
to the hungry. The Pigs promised hundreds of miles of land for which any beast
could sup on all the grass they found, open to everyone, refusing no one. They
would even stay here, refusing to eat of the foreign grass and look after the
farm while the other animals ate abroad. It was their attempt to show they were
more equal than others. Day by day their haters dwindled, largely in the face
of no local vegetation, joining the steady stream of free-thinking critters
excited for a free meal. They’d never heard of a “tundra” before, but they
couldn’t wait to get there.
Ouch. My Grade 8 teacher showed us the animated film of Animal Farm, and I've never been able to read a single word of Orwell's since. Still creeps me out.
ReplyDeleteNice extension on the metaphor.
Can you trust a pig? ^__^ Actually I've never read animal farm - so many books and so little time.
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