FoxTrot by Bill Amend for February 28, 2016

Too much opening credits.

It’s a voracious aquatic reptile, Peter.

I’ll go waaaay out on a limb and guess that he hasn’t read it.

Isn’t “Allegory” a Grateful Dead song? Oh, wait. That’s “Alligator”. Never mind.

When you had an essay that had a specific word minimum, “very” becomes your best friend.

Not sure the kids today would understand Animal Farm, don’t think they know much about non-Islamic totalitarian regimes.

Get that kid a dictionary.

A thesaurus can also be helpful when trying to reach the required word count.

Retired English teacher here…I’ve seen all of those!

LOL

Most students don’t read them now, they just read Sparknotes.

Don’t forget the professional clear plastic binder!

I think it would depend on how many more words he needs for the requirement.

I had the opposite problem when I was in college, I had one assignment where the teacher gave us several options for the essay, one option was to write a 3 page shortstory using elements of a mythology (it was a mythology class). My story ended up being about 10 pages and used elements of Norse mythology where an army hero met up with a valyrie who tried to claim him for Valhalla. Fortunately the professor enjoyed the story and didn’t have a problem with me going over the page limit and I ended up with an A for the essay.

Knowing Peter, he’ll actually finish the essay at 3 in the morning the day that it’s due.

The Salt Water Allegory is particularly vicious.Once it locks it’s jaws on you, it Never lets go.

Animal Farm was an allegory to the Soviet Union and Stalinism. It was a childrens’ version of 1984.

Noteworthy is that he apparently has to look at the book just to remember who the author is.

Peter Fox or Hideo Kojima?

The pig on the cover reminds me of Pig from PBS.

Reminds me of Hamilton: written by, produced by, and starring: Lin Manuel Miranda

I think the pig on the cover is Pig from “Pearls Before Swine”.

Allegory it’s a thing that represents a quality. For example, lion represents courage. Sheep represents stupidity. And fox represents artfulness.