| 1 | None of this amounts to an enthusiastic endorsement of the incoherent Democrats. | |
| 2 | This novel criticizes the peasants' uprising and sing the praises of the reactionary rulers. | |
| 3 | For he did not wish tribute or song, nor monuments, nor poems of war and valor. | |
| 4 | Even as slaves humble themselves before a tyrant and praise him though he slays them. | |
| 5 | Critics have also taken aim at the shameless spirit of Party propaganda the red songs embody. |