analysis of The Birds and the Foxes, by J.Thurber

Thurber's aim in this text is to satirize political language which is used to justify reprehensible actions, in this case the attack of one community by another, leading to the extermination of the weaker of the two. Using a mixture of elements from fairy tale and fable, Thurber draws a seemingly humorous moral from his story. His message is, however, quite serious : we must not let one community aggress another purely in its own interest. …

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