He mingles with them, attempts to emulate them. In Clifford the Firehouse Dog, Clifford returns to the city to engage the peasant class once more. He grows so large that he must be relocated to a small rural setting where he will no longer damage those around him. He is puny, but upon being fed by the city peasants he begins to grow to titanic proportions. That's the message Norman Bridwell sends us in the timeless masterpiece, Clifford the Firehouse Dog.Ĭlifford begins his life in a previous installment.
They are to blame for his growth and they will bend to his will, because they need him. The working class depends upon Clifford's growth and tutelage, and it is ultimately their incompetence which perpetuates this dynamic. It is market growth, symbolically depicted by a large dog, ironically colored red, which helps society flourish. One can't just halt growth for the sake of the motivation-lacking peasants because they feel like they're not getting their fair shake. The more love he receives in payment, the larger he grows, until his owner, Emily Elizabeth, tells him simply to "stop."īut it is never that simple. Clifford is a friendly dog, one who supplies love and knowledge to the puny proletariat inhabitants of a small rural town.
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