Texte oral bac the rabbits who caused all the trouble

« After the wolves announce plans "to civilize" the rabbits if they don't stop causing natural disasters, the rabbits decide to flee to an island.

But the other animals living out of harm's way convince the rabbits to stay because "This is no world for escapists" and guarantee them protection against the wolves "in all probability".

To be able to eat the rabbits without being threatened by the other animals living in the forest, the wolves have a plan to ruin the rabbits' way of living systematically.

First they give absurd reasons to blame natural disasters like floods or earthquakes, in which some of the wolves were killed, on the rabbits.

When for example some wolves are struck by lightning, the other wolves tell the animals in the forest it was the rabbits' fault, “for it is well know that lettuce eaters cause lightning” (ll.

5-7).

Not only this example shows that the wolves are dishonest, because they lie to the other animals to fool them.

They pretend that the rabbits are imprisoned to protect them (cf.

ll.

15).

In the end the other animals end up as mere passive and helpless onlookers, who were beaten at heir own game, as the wolves justify the rabbits's death with the animals "This is no world for escapists".

The moral "Run, don't walk to the nearest desert island" tells the reader that you must escape when you feel you are in danger and that you should not stay or hesitate.

As conclusion, the author perhaps let the rabbits play the role of the Jews in Nazi Germany or of the Red Indians in 19th century America.

Here the wolves are the majority and the rabbits the minority.

The wolves are like the Nazis or even the "Whites" and the rabbits are like the Jews or the Red Indians.

Minorities are often attacked by majorities and then the minorities can only escape because there are prejudices by the majority and there will always be an argument or a fight about something.

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