The Rebellion of the Magical Rabbits

Ariel Dorfman

Words to Know:
Allegory: a story in which the characters and events are
symbols that stand for ideas about human life or for a
political or historical situation
Realm: a country or kingdom that is ruled by a king or queen
Audacious: very confident, daring and bold
Malicious: having or showing a desire to cause harm to
another person
Agile: able to move quickly and easily

Background/Inspiration for Short Story:

-Augusto Pinochet seized power in Chile in September 1973 in
a bloody military coup
-To gain power he overthrew Marxist President Salvatore
Allende
-During Pinochets presidency/dictatorship more than 3,200
Chileans that opposed him were executed or disappeared
-Thousands more were imprisoned, tortured or exiled