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

In both “How Stories Came to Earth” and “Master Cat, or Puss in Boots” the protagonists use intense ways to achieve their goals. In “How Stories Came to Earth” Anansi tricks the animals into traps throughout the story. Anansi tricks the leopard that he has to catch by “Go[ing] [and] dig[ging] a large hole” (Kaleki 41). Trying to capture these animals is very dangerous for Anansi because all of these animals could kill him very easily. The cat’s methods are not as dangerous for him like Anansi’s but they are still intense. The cat kills small animals to achieve his goal throughout the story. The cat kills the small animals to show his value to his master. The cat takes his killings to the king which causes the king to “...recognize the