Ionesco's Rhinoceros
...5) The rhinoceros were everywhere and only one small characteristic set them apart from each other. The more rhinos there were the more appeal they had to the common folk. The Nazi’s acted in the same way; they had one leader, one aim, one uniform. A Swastika was the sign of a nazi. They stood out and attracted attention, which caused more people to confederate. “Those are the real people. They look happy. They’re content to be what they are. They don’t look insane. They look very natural.”(Pg. 103) “I feel a bit ashamed of what you call love- this morbid feeling, this male weakness. And female, too. It just doesn’t compare with the ardour and the tremendous energy emanating from all these creatures around us.”(Pg. 103) The rhinoceros can go anywhere they please with such might. Their flowing vigor makes them coveted by the people. The young Nazi men are not unlike the rhinos in this way. The heavy trainin...