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Fleming and cats

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  • LudovicoLudovico
    Posts: 15,117
    Maybe not so much guilt as disgust. I think he does feel guilt over the death of the fish in THB.
  • Perilagu_KhanPerilagu_Khan
    edited September 2013 Posts: 2,483
    Ludovico wrote:
    Maybe not so much guilt as disgust. I think he does feel guilt over the death of the fish in THB.

    Definitely. And he's appalled by Scaramanga's destruction of the kling-klings. Fleming's attitude to animals in general is quite fascinating.

  • DragonpolDragonpol https://thebondologistblog.blogspot.com
    Posts: 18,271
    Perilagu_Khan wrote:
    Ludovico wrote:
    Maybe not so much guilt as disgust. I think he does feel guilt over the death of the fish in THB.

    Definitely. And he's appalled by Scaramanga's destruction of the kling-klings. Fleming's attitude to animals in general is quite fascinating.

    Yes, and worthy of a good article in fact - it's an overlooked area of Bondology.
  • RevelatorRevelator
    Posts: 2,917
    Perilagu_Khan wrote:
    Definitely. And he's appalled by Scaramanga's destruction of the kling-klings. Fleming's attitude to animals in general is quite fascinating.

    In Fleming's world, anyone who kills a bird is scum and needs to die. The Robber shoots a pelican, occasioning an outburst of anger from Bond, as well as the Robber's subsequent demise. Bond's doubts about killing Von Hammerstein are instantly resolved when the latter shoots a kingfisher and grinds his foot on the bird's corpse. And Scaramanga shows his true colors with the kling-klings. On a slightly more tenuous level, Doctor No threatens a colony of spoonbills.
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