Animals

It is interesting to convey Flaubert as an animal. It really gives a greater understanding of how he functions and what he does. "He works like a mule, he lives a life which would kill three rhinos." That observation makes it seem like his life must be very intense. Lots of stress, overtake him and put a lot of pressure on him. Flaubert is described as a bear, and he "takes" flies off the hermit's face while he sleeps. "One day, a fly landed on the tip of the man's nose, and declined to be driven away. The bear became extremely angry with the fly, and eventually seized a huge stone and succeeded in killing it. Unfortunately, in the process he beat the gardener's brains out. I find this to be really funny. There is an interesting statement about how parrots relate to humans. "Parrots are human to begin with... parrot comes from pierre." This statement could be why the story is titled with a parrot in it.