to Earth” and “Master Cat” are two compelling stories about a trickster trying to maintain a specific goal. A trickster tale is a story containing a main character who is an anthropomorphized animal that uses their wits to get what they want. Anthropomorphism is a god‚ animal‚ or object that has human characteristics. Each story has key points that have similarities to each other‚ such as the main characters or their determination to achieve a goal. However‚ some key points differentiate from those
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The elements used are the interrogation of the past‚ pastiche‚ the use of a non-linear journey‚ mixing of genres‚ the use of language and the high and low culture. The fragmented form and the use of anthropomorphism allow the audience to be exposed to a postmodern text. The use of anthropomorphism shows the direct way in which the author hopes to achieve his message. From Maus the text‚ which uses the low and high culture to identify the element of postmodernism found in the text. This can be
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Despite The Fox and the Hound’s happy ending‚ it could still be viewed as a warning to people who are‚ or are wanting to‚ form relationships between themselves and a different class. The portrayal of the risks that Todd has to endure after he is released in to the wild imply danger and rejection for those of a lower social standing when attempting to build a bridge between themselves and those considered above them. The negative connotations of these moments‚ such as Copper snarling and growling
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understanding of the pitfalls of anthropomorphisation. Abbey is lost in his own train of thought while watching what is ostensibly the mating ritual of two snakes. He quickly catches himself though‚ indeed scolds himself: “How can I descend into such anthropomorphism?” (Abbey‚ 24). For Abbey‚ there is no point in going out into the wilderness alone if he is only going to obfuscate the truth the that natural world holds by placing over it a veil of human-centered
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In light of the description of anthropomorphism‚ I think it is only fitting to use the novels Charlotte’s Web and Watership Down to demonstrate them. While both of these novels show animals behaving in different manners‚ they are both uncharacteristic of normal animal behaviour. Charlotte’s Web shows animals behaviour as primarily human while Watership Down demonstrates animals behaving mostly as animals. This said‚ we see that both these novels show their characters with human traits‚ however
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unacceptable behavior. Pigs are often depicted as a character who’s unclean‚ greedy‚ and conceited; being the displeasing character in stories or in religions. Marianne DeKoven‚ who wrote the article “Guest Column: Why Animals Now?”‚ explains how anthropomorphism removes the animal’s real purpose in this world. “All literary representations of animals no more form a unified or even meaningful category than do those of women or the working class.”(363) She claims that it is belittling the
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of Annasi there was an ant as the main character and in Master cat the main character was a cat.In master cat women were viewed as prizes unlike in Anansis folk tale women were viewed equally. In Anansi’s story he had anthropomorphism of having a wife‚ Master cats Anthropomorphism was that he wore clothing. In the story of anansi he had the mind set to obtain the sacred stories held by the sky-god. Master cats goal was to obtain wealth/royalty. Anansi benefits society in his story while master cat
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Revolution would be easily understood by the masses. It is “a satirical tale against Stalin‚” whereby Orwell uses his wit to draw attention to the wider issues in the society of his time. Firstly‚ Orwell creates satire in his novel by using anthropomorphism to give human traits and characteristics to the animals. He used this technique
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Statistics show that 1 in 10 Americans have suffered depression‚ depression often being a result of isolation and alienation from society. In the short story “Metamorphosis”‚ Franz Kafka utilizes point of view and anthropomorphism to develop the theme of alienation. Throughout the novel‚ Mr. Kafka uses third person limited point of view to tell the story of Gregor Samsa’s life-changing transformation. This literary device gives the author the ability to display both the protagonist’s emotions and
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simple and complex ideas within the pictures according to their own understanding. John Marsden and Shaun Tan’s picture book The Rabbits demonstrates the different ways an individual may interpret narratives through techniques such as allegory‚ anthropomorphism and symbolism. Through these techniques‚ simple and complex ideas are communicated‚ and depending on a person’s knowledge‚ this reflects different ideas that the person may gather from the pictures in the book. Through the analysis of both visual
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