LJ+electric+monkey

The electric monkey represents change, and replacement. It shows how things will all move on, become obsolete and then become outdated. I think that one day the electric monkey will go the way of the wind up monkey and the steam monkey, and will be replaced by something. Nothing is permanent, and that is what the author is trying to say.

Great analysis, Lucas. This could easily have become your highest and best paragraph - with a bit more analysis and reference to specific detail.