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The author chose animals

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To be more appealing to 7th grade students

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Symbolism has more of an impact...

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Animals have characteristics that the author wanted to use to portray the characteristics of the people in the story.

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The author was using the animals as symbols. The animals represent characteristics of humans so t is using symbolism.

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Most people are familiar with animals and their traits so perhaps they are more relatable