tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4356337891781331453.post2314367586568177494..comments2023-12-18T07:20:46.921-05:00Comments on Ĝirafo: Graham Greene & Esperanto (2): The Confidential AgentRalph Dumainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15886304779683587087noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4356337891781331453.post-8759412346454344262013-02-27T05:09:31.829-05:002013-02-27T05:09:31.829-05:00Dr Bellows is probably not a parody of Zamenhof as...Dr Bellows is probably not a parody of Zamenhof as there's no noticeable similarity between the two. (If Greene were parodying Zamenhof surely he would have made Dr Bellows more obviously Jewish!) It would be interesting to know what the character of Dr Bellows is based on. Possibly an Esperantist, but not necessarily as there were other invented languages around at that time: Ido, Occidental, Novial, ...Edmundonoreply@blogger.com