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By that definition, not even Animal Farm is an allegory since Stalin and Trotsky are not abstract concepts.
by olavk 8y ago
By that definition, not even Animal Farm is an allegory since Stalin and Trotsky are not abstract concepts.
- posterboy 8y agoIndeed it isn't, it's an "alternative retelling" of communism. It's the wording I take issue with.
- olavk 8y agoEven Encyclopædia Brittanica uses Animal Farm as an example of Allegory: https://www.britannica.com/art/allegory-art-and-literature https://www.britannica.com/art/allegory-art-and-literature.
- posterboy 8y agoYes, I meant "Indeed, they are not; It is not (the case that ...)". They being Stalin etc. The Stalin is not an abstract concept, communism is. And to liken communists to pigs is a metaphor.