Coyote Steals Fire Character Analysis

Similarly, animals and god like characters in “Coyote Steals Fire,” retold by Richard Erdoes and Alfonso Ortiz show human characteristics. The inhuman characters in “Coyote Steals Fire” play a game commonly enjoyed by humans and normally not associated with animals. Coyote, a main character in the tale, wants to “...play a game of dice” with Thunder (Erdoes and Ortiz 45). Dice is a game that humans play and, when imagined, cannot even be enjoyed by animals because they do not possess die. The other human characteristics that are demonstrated while playing this game, are that the score was kept track of and Coyote cheated while playing the game. So, not only was the game played by animals and god like characters, but also they took part in actions that humans perform while playing games. Also, in this tale Coyote asks all the animals to come together at the

He is asking several species to help one another to complete one specific task. This favor that Coyote is asking for relates more to how humans behavior with each other and not that of animals. Lastly, Thunder, a god like character demonstrates his emotions after he has realized Coyote has won the game of dice. The specific emotion that Thunder shows is confusion because he does not understand how Coyote won the game and he did not. It is clear that Thunder is confused because the tale states, “Thunder was completely confused”(Erdoes and Ortiz 44). At this point in the tale, Thunder is questioning how Coyote has really won, which makes Thunder have to complete an abstract thought process and demonstrate his feelings. Anthropomorphism can be seen by Coyote and Thunder, just as this technique is seen in all three tales by the characters.

Just like “How Stories Came to Earth” and “Coyote Steals Fire”, “Master Cat: Puss in Boots” written by Charles Perrault, expresses qualities that only humans can express. First, Master Cat wears and