There are many similarities and differences between the trickster tales of “How Stories Came to Earth” and Coyote Steals Fire”. There are many similarities between the stories “How Stories Came to Earth” and “Coyote Steals Fire”. The first similarity is both stories had goals like in “How Stories Came to Earth,” Anansi the spider was attempting to get stories from the Sky God and in “Coyote Steals Fire,” Coyote attempts to gain
In the novel “Fools Crow,” James Welch, the author, expounded on the connections between animals and the Pikunis, a tribe of the Blackfoot people. Likewise, in the novel “Things Fall Apart,” Chinua Achebe, the author, dived into the ibos lives expounding on their connection with their chi which either causes them good or bad fortune. The Pikunis considered the animals as their helpers and believed in partnering up with the animals (one animal per a Pikuni) to garner up their powers and yield to their calling of help in time of these animals’ needs. The Pikunis believed the animals to be their “Animal helpers” since, they had helped this indigenous group of people during wars and crisis by equipping the Pikunis with their powers. Although not as much as in “Fools Crow,” both authors, through the use of magic realism, showed the relationship between White Man’s Dog, the protagonist who was later known as Fools Crow, and his animal helper, the wolverine, and the relationship between Okonkwo and his chi and the benefits of these relationships.
In the book Never Cry Wolf by Farley Mowat, anthropomorphism is a big part of the book. Anthropomorphism is a literary device that can be defined as a technique in which a writer ascribes human traits, ambitions, emotions or entire behavior to animals, non-human beings, natural phenomena or objects. Examples of anthropomorphism in the book are when Farley gives names to the wolves. George is the pack leader, Angelina is George’s mate, and Uncle Albert is a lone male that takes care of the pups and helps George on hunts.
We see many instances of Coyote’s mistakes throughout the book, creating parallels between Jesse and Coyote as characters. Jesse ties mythology back to his own culture, and connects that to his school work, particularly english class. This makes the differences in cultures even clearer. They begin learning about mythology which Wade notices that Jesse “had a good feel for it, because of all the myths he had” (112). Jesse proceeds to tell the class a story about Coyote, a beaver called Wishroosh and some huckleberries.
Trickster Tales “ Fool i'm taking you to pay for the Sky God's stories.” This folktale came from the story How Stories Came to Earth. Every time Anasi captured the animals he would call them fools and took them to the Sky God. How Stories Came to Earth, and Coyote Steals Fire are folktales that have several similarities and differences.
In the novel “Fools Crow,” James Welch, the author, expounded on the connections between animals and the Pikunis, a tribe of the Blackfoot people. The Pikunis considered the animals as their helpers and believed in partnering up with the animals (one animal per a Pikuni) to garner up their powers and yield to their calling of help in time of these animals’ needs. The Pikunis believed the animals to be their “Animal helpers” since, they had helped this indigenous group of people during wars and crisis by equipping the Pikunis with their powers. Through the use of magic realism, Welch showed the relationship between White Man’s Dog, the protagonist who was later known as Fools Crow, and his animal helper, the wolverine and the benefits of this
During the time of the Dust Bowl and the Great Depression many small farmers lost their farms due to poor farmer conditions. Those who managed to continue to produce a crop yield eventually lost their farms due to the failing economy. This harsh time is highlighted in John Steinbeck’s classic novel, Grapes of Wrath. During one of Steinbeck’s intercalary chapters, chapter 14, Steinbeck uses pathos, a metaphor, and short syntax to show that big business, especially in the agricultural industry, is the root of the hardships faced by small farmers and migrant workers. Steinbeck uses a different form of pathos to draw his readers and make it so that the audience can understand the severity of the suffering that the migrant families are facing.
Coyote receives the fire by cheating and breaks off a piece of it for every tribe on earth. In Puss and boots the trickster that is master cat tricks the king and becomes a great lord, stated by the story. Now this is supernatural because a cat can’t become a great leader in real life. Gods, spirits, and the supernatural are characteristics shown by Nyame the sky god, thunder, and master cat.
In 1964, Paul Erlich and Peter Raven Co-founded the idea of co.evolution. As species evolved over time some become really good at one trait that another animal doesn’t have while other mastered the survivor. Some animal heavily relies on the trait passed from their ancestors to the =m in order for them to survive. However, their animal that rely on different species. In ecology, the term cheater refers to an organism that obtains a benefit at the cost of another organism.
”(Ortiz and Erdoes, Page 74), the Old Woman tells Coyote to be careful going that way because the giant is there. Another quotation that reveals the theme “He is bigger and closer that you think” said Old Woman “I don’t care” said Coyote” (Ortiz and Erdoes, Page 74), this quotation shows that the Old Woman tried to warn the Coyote, but Coyote did not listen to the Old Woman and continue to seek the giant and kills him. The story says “You’re already in the giant’s belly” “How can I be in his belly?” asked Coyote “I haven’t even met him” (Ortiz and Erdoes, Page 75).
Anthropomorphism means “the attributing of human characteristics and purposes to inanimate objects, animals, plants, or other natural phenomena, or to God.” (www.dictionary.com) In easy words we can describe the term as giving human qualities to inhuman things or ‘personifying’ someone or something. As a general example we can say that: “The old banyan tree looked sadly at the river in front of it.” Here, the word “looked sadly” depicts the banyan tree with a sense – that it ‘looked’ and an emotion – ‘sadly’, although trees do not have these ‘human’ qualities within themselves.
One of the more obvious similarities is that both tricksters in both stories are animals. Another similarity in these stories is they both share anthropomorphism. Anthropomorphism is giving animals
Both stories have the same author’s style, setting and animals as characters, and a human and animal connection. But, the stories are different because of the poetic structure, tame or wild animals, and simple of sophisticated diction. First, the author’s style is similar in “Predators” and “A Blessing”. Both of the poems have sound devices. For example, in “A Blessing” the author repeats the word “they” several times at the beginning of each line, “they ripple tensely, they can hardly contain their happiness” and “they bow shyly as wet swans.
In the story “To Build a Fire” by Jack London and the short film “To Build a Fire” Directed by David Cobham a man and dog were traveling through the Yukon trail because of the gold rush. While they were travling through the Yukon trail they ran into problems along the way. During the problems the man and dog thought differently and similarly. The man and dog think differently in some situations like when the man or chechaquo(New comer) was trying to kill the dog. The man and dog also think similarly in other situations like, they both have the same idea of survival.
The role of animals in story telling forms a bond between the viewers and character that can be stronger than the human cast. Animals not only gave information but also portray their personality in a given narrative. Sometimes they are wearing a cover of characteristics which is not directly related to their natural portrayal but still manages to effect human animal relationship i.e Anthropomorphism. Anthropomorphism is an interpretation of what is not human or personal in terms of human or personal characteristics (Merriam Webster). The showing or treating of animals, gods or objects as if they are human in appearance, character or behaviour.
