Comparing How Stories Came To Earth, Master Cat: Puss And Boots

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All Three Tricksters, Alike but Diffferent Spiders and Coyotes steal stories and fire, while cats change commoners to royalty. Often tricksters resemble mischievous and magical animal-humans who outwit their opponents. Trickster tales are written to show morals and to be humourous. In “How Stories Came to Earth,” “Coyote Steals Fire,” and “Master Cat: Puss and Boots” the tricksters take animal form, as a spider, coyote, and cat. “How Stories Came to Earth,” “Coyote Steals Fire,” and “Master Cat: Puss and Boots” all have the similarity of anthropomorphism and a positive resultant; however, while “How Stories Came to Earth” and “Coyote Steals Fire” have a beneficial change that is justified by overall kindness, “Master Cat: Puss and Boots” …show more content…
When the cat’s master’s father dies, the cat’s master believes he has the lowest inheritance by receiving nothing but a lowly cat. As soon as the cat hears this dishearting news, he states, “You’ll see that you really don’t have a bad deal” (Perrault 46). The cat resembles a shallow and attention seeking person. The cat seeks determination to please his master to feel worthy. Shortly thereafter, the cat goes and takes it a step further to show his worth to his master when he states, “If you do not say that the fields belong to the Marquis de Carabos each and every one of you will be cut into little pieces…” (Perrault 49). The cat shows his loyalty to his master by making sure his master has a upstanding reputation when traveling through town. All in all, the cat acts similar to an attention seeking person when he yearns the pleasure of being …show more content…
When Coyote offers Thunder a deal by playing a game, “Thunder was no match for Coyote when it [comes] to gambling” (Erdoes and Ortiz 45). This statement shows evidence that Coyote supersedes Thunder, yet Coyote cheats during the game. Shortly after Thunder becomes angry and he throws the rock filled with fire at Coyote’s pelt, thinking it is Coyote. The rock splinters, hits the ground, and breaks everywhere, releasing fire and creatures take it and distribute it to, “every tibe on earth” (Erdoes and Ortiz 45). Consequently, Coyote’s deceitfulness during the game with Thunder, provides tribes throughout the world the gift of fire. offera beneficial change in the
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