“Coyote won the game and so I give him Fire. But he cheated, and for that i shall take his life. Where is he so that I can kill him?” This is a quote taken from The trickster tale “Coyote Steals Fire” that is about a Coyote stealing fire from a Thunder God. In “Coyote Steals Fire” and “Master Cat” are two trickster tales that contain several similarities and differences. There are many similarities in theses two trickster tales “Coyote Steals Fire” and “Master Cat”. The first similarity in these two stories are the main characters are both animals. A coyote and also a cat in these two stories. Another one is they all achieved their goals. The coyote got his fire that he wanted and the Cat got the Miller son and himself wealth. They both were
The two stories were alike in the fact that both authors lost their parents at a very young age. Since they lost their parents at a young age, they were both raised by their grandparents. Both stories also begin with a safe arrival to a new country. Both also said the journey to the new country was a two month long trip. And lastly, the the refugees and the pilgrims traveled to a completely different continents and had to adapt to new cultures. These are all the similarities between the two stories.
The similarity and connection existing between the two stories is the point of view in the two essays. The stories are both written in the first person perspective and that
In reading Zenas Leonard’s account of his party’s interaction with the Shoshone and Paiute people, one gets the clear sense that the American fur trappers did not understand, nor trust the natives of the Great Basin. The native’s continued presence and persistence in interacting with the fur trappers is seen as a threat. The fur trapper’s stollen beaver traps further insight some of the American trappers to seek their own revenge and justice on the natives--death. Although, Captain Walker put an immediate stop to the “revenge” the trappers were committing, the effects of the trappers revenge proved to be detrimental to future interactions with the Indians. Now, the fur trappers saw any approach from the the natives as a hostile and aggressive stance against them in revenge for their murdered comrades.
Many narratives, whether or not it is noticeable, share similarities. This can be due to various reasons, such as the authors decision of genre, the intended audience, as well as many other factors. The novel “Indian Horse” by Richard Wagamese and the short story “Perspective” by Taren Orchard have many things in common. One big similarity between both stories is that they are centered around young First Nations boys that have experienced hardships through life. Some other connections are how both narratives have someone who is under the exposure to alcohol abuse due to stress.
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald shows many examples of modernism. Fitzgerald shows many modernism techniques like loss of control, alienation, corruption of the American Dream, breaking society’s rules and feeling restless. Fitzgerald also shows modernism through the fragmented writing.
As in the folktale the coyote takes advantage of the burro who had food and showed sympathy to the hungry coyote. “Brother burro, let me
The stories we read in class had a lot of distinct similarities in each story. One similarity I saw was; all the stories introduced their settings in the beginning. Also, all the stories explain some truths about the world we live in. For example, in The Lottery, this story shows the danger of blindly following traditions of the community was so used to playing the lottery, that it has become a normal habit for them not realizing the damage this “lottery” is causing them and the people who has to lose their life for it. Another example, in The Lottery, is when Mrs. Delacroix turned against her good friend Tessie by picking up the largest stone to kill her which shows that there are certain friends you may have and when certain situations happens, their true colors will show and they may not have been a true friend to begin with. Also, in Young Goodman Brown, along his spiritual journey he encountered people he knew already, but then those people started to act the total opposite of what Goodman thought of his friends. This shows that in life, not everything is what it seems, no matter how you see it. Another example is
Nature has been cheated by the outstanding abilities of Coyote. However, the situation does not end like that. The forces of nature triumph once again in order to show a tale's moral. Bear acts in a more natural way. He finally concludes the cycle that his character was intended for, but not before showing an initial naïve personality. This situation creates a first impression on the reader/listener, implying that good convincing skills can defeat what is naturally expected to happen. However, and with full intention of developing a tale moral, these convincing skills only take effect on a temporary basis. The message this tale wants to issue is that nature might be unaware for some time, but at the end, it always defeats any intention of shortcutting the life cycle. This moral is among the most usual used in Native American coyote stories, which were normally told to audiences of young and old people alike. They were sometimes told to teach about cosmology, as instructional stories for the young, to explain history, and sometimes just for the sake of telling and listening to a funny story. In all these different cases, Coyote stories are a reflection for our own lives, pointing out the smallest miseries and the biggest strengths of humans. Unfortunately for him, in the present tale, Coyote serves as the example of a negative attitude, which finally always leads to a tragic end.
One similarity that the poems “A Blessing” and “Predators” have is that they both have tame animals. An example that supports this statement it that in the poem “Predators” there are two tame animals or domesticated animals. One example that proves this theory is that in the poem it explains that there is a dog and a cat that is the speaker’s pets. Additionally, in the poem “A Blessing” it explains that in the poem it informes that “We stepped over the barbed wire into the pasture.” This proves that the two Indian ponies are tame because the barbed wire is protecting them and they are in a pasture. Furthermore, the speakers also have similarities. One similarity between James Wright and Linda Hogan is that in the two poems they both learn something. James Wright learns about the feelings that the two Indian ponies had and how that made him happy and peaceful. Likewise, Linda Hogan learns that she needs to be more protective of her pets once she finds out that there are wild animals living in her
In “The Black Cat”, the narrator starts the story out by saying that basically he is not insane, but he will be put to death. In the beginning paragraph of “The Tell-Tale Heart”, he then also explains that he is not crazy either. As you can see here, these introductions are very similar, due to the fact that they both state that they are not crazy, yet both narrators kill something, which is another similarity in these stories. The second paragraph of the two stories, they start to explain that they love something and are so fond of it. For instance, in “the Black Cat” that narrator states that he loves animals. In “The Tell-Tale Heart” this narrator states that he loves the old man. This right here shows that these two were had affection towards something, though they are different.
Coyote mostly plays the role of trickster, although in some stories he is a fool and the butt of jokes and in a few is outright evil. His personality traits are usually greed, recklessness, impulsiveness and jealousy. Coyote is often the antagonist of his brother Wolf, who is wise and good natured but prone to giving in to Coyote's incessant demands. Coyote is also prominent in several creation myths, such as King's story. Coyote is also commonly a character in "just-so stories", in which he unsuccessfully tries to hunt prey or compete with other predators. In the process phenomena such as why rabbits have long ears are explained. In many North American Native mythologies, the coyote spirit stole fire from the gods (or stars or sun) and is more of a trickster than a culture hero. Coyote does play the role of a culture hero in some stories.
In this case, the fire could represent the intense anger, the cat feels towards the narrator for destroying their peaceful family life. The cat has also sensed the character change of the narrator, how the once innocent and kind man, who took care of a lonely cat, had turned into an alcoholic, mistreating his family, attempting to kill the cat and even taking the life of his wife. Example 2: '' The fury of a demon instantly possessed me.'' (ln. 51-52).
Another similarity between these two stories is that both of the characters have husbands who take