What inspired the choice to tell this story through animals like Beatrice and Virgil?
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What inspired the choice to tell this story through animals like Beatrice and Virgil?
Did anyone else find the allegory effective or did it feel like it downplayed the gravity of the Holocaust?
How did the structure of the novel influence your emotional response to the story?