“The Rats” is a horror novel set in London in the 1990’s. The story is about extraordinary large rats who begin to attack humans and devour them. The story begins with the rats’ first attack. A salesman, who was rejected by the man he loved, takes to alcoholism. His life gradually goes ‘downhill’ and he ends up sleeping rough on the street. While sleeping in a back alley, he is attacked by these huge rats …showed first 75 words of 724 total…

…showed last 75 words of 724 total…How it had scaled the wall was something Harris would never know, but there it was, as though it were a scouting party for the others. It looked too and fro, sniffing the air, its pointed nose twitching.” To me this shows a type of structure; specific rats do specific tasks. Later on this is clarified: “It seemed to dominate the others which brought it food and kept it’s body warm with their own.”