fables are intended to have a moral of the story. The characters are usually animals personified as humans. Most famous fables have been around scince 620 bce.
Nixon said that he sold his apartment in New York when he became president in relation to the investigation conducted under his presidency. It is believe that eh gained profit from his public service. This is in defense to his record in the Watergate case.
Answer:yes
Explanation: to live a better life
I would say this would classify as a downward comparison as the person is talking about Mark who has a poorer job situation than him and this could be used to bolster the speaker's ego or to knock poor Mark or could just be an observation.