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   From: hayesstw@telkomsa.net   
      
   On Wed, 20 Oct 2010 06:35:55 -0700 (PDT), derek  wrote:   
      
   >On Oct 20, 12:25 am, Steve Hayes  wrote:   
   >> 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?   
   >   
   >Who does Aslan represent?  Really, it's not so hard.   
      
   The Emperor over the Sea.   
      
      
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