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   From: hayesstw@telkomsa.net   
      
   On Tue, 19 Oct 2010 16:20:23 -0700 (PDT), derek  wrote:   
      
   >On Oct 19, 12:10 pm, Steve Hayes  wrote:   
   >> And, of course, one of the great 20th-century allegories was George Orwell's   
   >> "Animal farm".   
   >   
   >No doubt about it.  You can practically name all the animals for the   
   >people they represent (of course, you _can_ name all of them, but   
   >there are disagreements about who's who).   
      
   But I think you'd be hard put to do the same with the Narnia stories.   
      
   Yes, Maugrim might fit Beria or Himmler -- but might equally well fit a dozen   
   others in similar positions.   
      
   Who does Tumnus represent, or Mr and Mrs Beaver, or Reepicheep?   
      
      
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