Anansi Boys

were not for our prowess at learning, then perhaps all of human civilization would instead be people who have yet to construct a circular wheel for they did not learn from the fact that a square wheel did not work. Similarly, Charlie Nancy, in Anansi Boys by Neil Gaiman, could have remained the outwardly-boring man he is at the beginning of the novel. Instead, Charlie learns from and grows because of his mistakes, making him into an entirely different person. Charlie is morbidly embarrassed of his

1. Today, we live in a world where many cultures and races collide. In Neil Gaiman’s novel, “Anansi Boys,” a multicultural society is described as whole and unifying. Fat Charlie, Spider, and their family are from African and Caribbean descent, yet they are also British, just like the other characters. Another similarity between all of them is the fact that they are motivated to do tasks that they wouldn’t normally do without their varied backgrounds. Fat Charlie, for example, never liked

In Anansi Boys by Neil Gaiman and Mythology by Edith Hamilton, there are many ways in which characters from both books are similar and different. One of the closest connections I saw was between Spider from Anansi Boys and Loki from Mythology. Loki and Spider were not gods, but they were sons of supernatural beings. Furthermore, wherever Spider and Loki went, trouble usually followed and they both paid for the trouble they caused through torture in two different ways. It seems that Neil Gaiman modeled

Blurred Limes The lime featured in chapters eleven, twelve, and thirteen of Anansi Boys by Neil Gaiman seems so misplaced it brings into speculation why it was in the book at all. The lime is first brought into the plot through Fat Charlie’s taxi driver who wants to prove to Charlie that limes really do grow on the island. The lime becomes the only luggage Charlie has with him and when Charlie goes out to look for Mrs. Higgler, several strangers ask if he is “the one with the lime,” some even proceed

The book Anansi Boys, written by Neil Gaiman, is centered around a character named Charles Nancy. His father dubbed with the nickname Fat Charlie and much to his chagrin it stuck. He is engaged and living in London aspiring to have the normal life he never had growing up with his father. Throughout the first few chapters the audience learns of Fat Charlie’s father and their unstable relationship. It appears they are both exact opposites, Fat Charlie logical and awkward, and his father passionate

her gigantic king sized bed daydreaming about the man she loved but who was forbidden to be with. Her mom, Oadira, walked in and saw her staring at the ceiling, blushing and smiling uncontrollably. “Are you thinking about that boy again?” said Oadira. “He’s not just a boy mom,” said Jahzara, “I love him”. “A princess needs to marry a prince, not a dirty knight who’s never around.” Oadira would say as the tension between the rose. “I’m 19,” said Jahzara, “I can love whoever I choose, you can’t

The African story Anansi and the Japanese anime Naruto Shippuden both feature a trickster who is also a culture hero. In both of these works, the trickster is a prominent figure whom the people adore and fear. The depiction of the tricksters in each work tells the audience crucial important about how they show trickster qualities to mask their weakness and obtain self-satisfaction. In the Anansi story, Anansi uses verbal tricks and empty promises to deceive people, while in Naruto Shippuden, Orochimaru

LimeTown is a podcast that shares the mysterious story of the missing people of LimeTown. The story explores many different events in each episode and simultaneously discusses different kinds of themes through the characters and dialogue. The main and the obvious theme of LimeTown is the abuse of technology or the takeover of technology. This theme is shown throughout the podcast through the discussion and the stories the characters tell Lia, the main character. The survivors of LimeTown that Lia

Over the course of the novel, Anansi Boys, Fat Charlie and Spiders relationship evolves into a more brotherly love with the reversal of roles. Neil Gaiman reverses the roles of Fat Charlie and Spider and ironically, Fat Charlie becomes the one with a sense of control and a high level of confidence. In the beginning, Spider was the one with an overload of confidence and full of spontaneity and Fat Charlie was the complete opposite. He was overlooked and did not have much going for him. As the story

Shadow is the main character in this story. He has been in prison for three years for something he did for his wife Laura. The book never gives much description of Shadow just that he is a big man who would have no problem handling himself in prison. Shadow is in prison for a crime he committed three years ago and is about to be released when he learns that his wife, Laura, and his best friend, Robbie, where in a car accident and died. Shadow then gets on a plane where he meets Wednesday. Shadow