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  2. Pigs in culture - Wikipedia

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    Plato in the Republic discusses a "healthy state" of simplicity as "a city for pigs" (Greek: huōn polis). [18] In Wu Cheng'en's 16th-century Chinese novel Journey to the West, Zhu Bajie is part human, part pig. [19] In books, poems and cartoons in 18th-century England, The Learned Pig was a trained animal who appeared to be able to answer ...

  3. Learned pig - Wikipedia

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    The "learned pig" caused a sensation in London during the 1780s. It became a common object of satire, illustrated caricature and a subject in popular literature. The original "learned pig" was followed by other trained pigs, which subsequently became a feature of fairs and other public attractions in Europe and America during the 19th century ...

  4. Animal Farm - Wikipedia

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    Animal Farm is a satirical allegorical novella, in the form of a beast fable, [1] by George Orwell, first published in England on 17 August 1945. [2] [3] It tells the story of a group of anthropomorphic farm animals who rebel against their human farmer, hoping to create a society where the animals can be equal, free, and happy.

  5. Category:Pigs in literature - Wikipedia

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    Pages in category "Pigs in literature" The following 59 pages are in this category, out of 59 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. * List of fictional ...

  6. List of fictional pigs - Wikipedia

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    Puppet pigs who spoke in speeded up voices, created by Czech immigrants Jan and Vlasta Dalibor (BBC television, from 1968). Pinky and Perky The Good Life (1975 TV series) Two pigs who belong to Tom and Barbera Good. Professor Strangepork: The Muppet Show: Purk Sesamstraat: A baby puppet from the Dutch version of Sesame Street. Scruffy the pig ...

  7. When pigs fly - Wikipedia

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    And whether pigs have wings." —Through the Looking Glass : and what Alice found there. pp. 75–76. An example occurs in the film The Eagle Has Landed: an Irish secret agent working for the Nazis replies to a German general speaking of Germany's shortly winning World War II, "Pigs may fly, General, but I doubt it!" Later, when the Irishman ...

  8. List of fictional rodents in literature - Wikipedia

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    This list of fictional rodents in literature is subsidiary to the list of fictional animals and covers all rodents appearing in printed works of literature including beavers, chipmunks, gophers, guinea pigs, hamsters, marmots, prairie dogs, and porcupines plus the extinct prehistoric species (such as Rugosodon).

  9. The Seven Basic Plots - Wikipedia

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    The contrasting three, where only the third has positive value, for example, The Three Little Pigs, two of whose houses are blown down by the Big Bad Wolf. The final or dialectical form of three, where, as with Goldilocks and her bowls of porridge, the first is wrong in one way, the second in an opposite way, and the third is "just right".