| The characters in this particular story are camp animals for the army, but paradoxically, they may be the most innocent characters in the entire book. All their talk about the war and its methods, but without a real understanding of what this means. These animals were tamed by man, deprived of their natural instincts, and therefore, with the exception of the elephant, they do not understand what war means, just following orders and limiting their perspective to the specifics of their duties. |
