GRGR(4): Human Dogs

[Terrance F. Flaherty]

Lars Frehse wrote:

> Ahem, well,
> there´s something I´d like to add to my earlier post regarding the dogs
> being metaphors for humans:
>
> "[...]the stolen dogs sleep, , scratch, recall shadowy smells of humans
> who may have loved them [...]" (GR78.14)
> "The dogs, engineered and lethal, watch you from the woods." (GR83.16)
>
> Probably this has been mentioned earlier, but those dogs sure have a lot
> in common with the simple enlisted men (if not whole populations) in
> this war.
> Surely, those now lethal men can only dimly remember a time that was
> filled with now alien emotions and experiences, like love and simple
> tenderness. And, like the dogs, they were conditioned (or engineered) to
> become what they are by machiavellian masters who´s motivations and
> machinations were far beyond the grasps of those victimized "creatures".
>
> Also, am I the only one who´s reminded of Günter Grass´s "Dog Years",
> when reading all those dog-metaphors?
> Makes me remember, why I prefer cats.
>                                                             Lars
>
> Oh, and btw, Doug: why pigs?

Well, that's an interesting connection there Lars. Dog Years! Tulla, Tulla,
Tulla, Tulla, that 's an Irish, no there are no Irish dogs, are there?
Seriously, there are soooo many things to talk about here. How about Matern?

Terrance