Interpretation of The Rabbits Who Caused All the Trouble

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The fable "The rabbits who caused all the trouble" written by James Thurber is about a pack of wolves who complain about the way rabbits are living near them. To be able to eat the rabbits without being threatened by the other animals living in the forest, they have a plan to ruin the rabbits' way of living systematically. First they give absurd reasons to blame natural disasters like floods or earthquakes, in which some of the wolves were killed, on the rabbits. When for example some wolves are struck by lightning, the other wolves tell the animals in the forest it was the rabbits' fault, "for it is well know that lettuce eaters cause lightning" (ll. 5-7). Not only this example shows that the wolves are dishonest, because they lie to the other animals to fool them. They pretend that the rabbits are imprisoned to protect them (cf. ll. 15). By the help of this clever strategy they make the other animals think that all


To convey his message Thurber used the same stylistic devices as in his fable 'The Owl Who Was God'. The fable is written in a very simple style. Thurber only includes a few adjectives; most of the sentences are very short, so everybody can understand the story. James Thurber does not write much about inner feelings. He only gives an impression of the plot, but not of the animals' thoughts. Thurber used repetition to underline the most important sentences, which are for example the wolves' justification to 'civilize' the rabbits (cf. ll. 5, 7, 13-14).

This fable shows very strong parallels to the Third Reich. With this easy example, Thurber shows that every society needs their scapegoats, one race who can be blamed for everything that goes wrong. In case of the 2nd World War, the Jews were scapegoats just as the rabbits are in the fable. The title "The rabbits who caused all the trouble" is an extremely ironic title

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Approximate Pages = 2 (250 words per page double spaced)

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