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Christine K. In previous chapters, the rats were shown as a group that were considered uncivilized and therefore inferior. There, I got the feeling that the rats represented foreigners who were not Russian. I had read in a handout that foreigners were not treated the same as Russians and were therefore discontent. Therefore, I don't find it surprising that the pigs accuse the rats of betrayal because they were regarded with scorn in the first place.