concept
The Ruffe (social type)
Ruffe
also: Ерш
In "A Fishy Business"'s allegory, the ruffe satirizes the minor functionary who imagines his petty "privileges" shield him from his superiors, yet still regularly ends up consumed -- i.e., dismissed or ruined -- like everyone else.
Reading notes
- A Fishy Business §20 The Ruffe
The ruffe (yorsh), a small spiny fish popularly believed protected by its prickles, satirizes the minor functionary who imagines his petty "privileges" (l'goty) shield him from his superiors, yet still regularly ends up consumed -- i.e., dismissed or ruined -- like everyone else.