Compare And Contrast Master Cat

“Don’t be upset master just give me a pouch and a pair of boots” This line was spoken by Master cat when he was attempting to reason with his master to show him that he's more than just a cat. Master cat was to help his master gain wealth and the princess by the end of the tale. In the two Trickster tales “Master Cat” and How Stories Came To Earth” there are several ways that both tales use similarities and differences throughout the stories.

During the Trickster tales there are ways the two stories are equivalent to each other. One similarity that is present in the stories is that they both use “Anthropomorphism” by the animals talking and creating plans to get what they want in the stories. Anansi’s Wife gave Anansi ways to capture all the animals in the story. Both of the character qualities are kind of similar in the stories because they both are brave and cunning from capturing dangerous creatures to killing an Ogre. Anansi was brave for capturing animals that he and the readers knew were very dangerous because he was just a tiny spider against a python or a leopard. Next in “Master Cat” the Cat was very brave in threatening to chop the people working on the land into
Like they both had different strategies on getting what they wanted. Also Master Cat was pretty much on his own throughout the story while anansi received help from his wife to capture the animals. Master cat was on his own to capture the wealth and the princess for his master. Another difference is that “Master Cat” was based off of a Fairy Tale while “How Stories” came to earth was based on a Oral Folk Tale. A final difference between the tales was that Women were viewed as possessions in “Master Cat” and in “How Stories Came To Earth” Woman were viewed with a higher IQ or intelligence than men. In the end the cat benefited himself and the spider benefitted the rest of