What key trait of Butt the Hoopoe is revealed by the trait?

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Haroun and the Sea of Stories

What key trait of Butt the Hoopoe is revealed by the trait?

“ But but but what is the point of giving persons Freedom of Speech,” declaimed Butt the Hoopoe, “if you then say they must not utilise the same? And is not the Power of Speech the greatest Power of all? Then surely it must be exercised to the full?” - Butt the Hoopoe

Asked by Denise F #892492 on 4/23/2019 4:01 PM

Last updated by Aslan on 4/23/2019 5:41 PM

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Answered by Aslan on 4/23/2019 5:41 PM

I think Butt has the power of language. Butt is actually the name of two characters in the novel, the first is the driver of a mail coach on Earth and the second is a double-bed-sized mechanical hoopoe. They are both given to traveling at high speed, share verbal patterns (for example, reiterating the conjunction "but" three times), and have physical traits reminiscent of one another. The human's hair is feather-like and the mechanical bird's feathers are hair-like.

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