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I was wondering if anyone else caught a satirical reference in this book to Nazi Germany? The idea of harvesting the Newts, selling them off and allowing the weak ones to die off. Please share with me your opinions on the satire of this book, and how it affected your views on humanity.

Emma Certainly there's an element of Nazism in the newts' desire for living space near the end of the novel, but I'd argue the book is really a satire of m…moreCertainly there's an element of Nazism in the newts' desire for living space near the end of the novel, but I'd argue the book is really a satire of mankind and civilisation more generally! There's a sense of humans unknowingly orchestrating their own doom which is somewhat applicable to alternative and even contemporary catastrophes such as climate change (contemporary to the time as well as now, as there were already plenty of anxieties around industrialisation and man's impact on the planet). I would argue that the slavery of the newts and their proposed use as a mine of raw materials is much more to do with mankind's colonisation of the natural world rather than a straight Nazism allegory.(less)

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