*That is why every member of the party not only knew the meaning of events, but also shaped them and directed them toward new aims. That is why no Party member was ever surprised at anything. The Party was to the working people what the engine is to the train. [...] And Stalin was the engineer at the throttle of this engine.*
from: Jerzy Kosinski, The Painted Bird, Bantam 1978.
Further reading: Animal Imagery in Kosinski's The Painted Bird ...
