Rhetorical Analysis Coyote

1. Universally, a trickster is someone who is underestimated. They don’t have as much strength, or power, or are younger. But they are often much cleverer, and are able to trick people with their wits. They are able to be either gender, and are even able to go outside gender norms, such as a male dressing as a female. They are neither good nor bad, and though they do bad things are often seen as doing it for the good. Take, for instance, the story Coyote, Iktome, and the Rock. Coyote gives his blanket to the rock, showing good. However, he tries to take it back, and even steals it back, showing bad. But it’s shown to be acceptable, in a way, because the weather is causing Coyote harm, and he needs the blanket for warmth. There are aspects

The passage starts out with her referring to her heart as black and white, ghostly, floating. This shows symbolism for detachment, from herself and the outside world, along with the coloring meaning old ways and thoughts and feelings. She states she has no control over it, like she started out wanting the detachment, but then it went too far and she lost control. She can no longer feel at all attached. Then she mentions seeing the egg, which is not normal. It’s larger, and glowing a golden pink. This shows growth, and the coloring would often represent love. However, it’s in a nest of brambles, so it’s painful, dangerous, even. As she looked longer, the egg darkened, becoming a deep dark red. This is almost like she’s saying the love has grown into this anger, and it’s still growing. Because the egg is alive, this dangerous anger is growing, and will eventually hatch into something completely different. I take this as her saying that she no longer feels much for this relationship, or this man. She detached from him, and her heart has nothing but old habits and feelings in it. Then she goes to thinking about this egg. Perhaps she’s pregnant with the child of this man she’s realizing she no longer loves, and she’s realizing that this pregnancy is bad for her and her life and her emotions, and she’s angry about

The way the stories are told does differ between the written and the movie, quite a bit. For one thing, there’s not much information given on the relationship between Thomas and Victor in the movie. However, in the story you get told, through narration and even flashbacks, that the two used to be very good friends and had grown apart. They have an amount of friendliness between them, even if just civil, that makes the trip seem less horrible. In the movie, the trip to Phoenix is also much more drawn out, and seems to have more importance. The story has them take an airplane, and dedicates two pages of text to the ride. A large portion of the movie is the bus ride on the way to Phoenix. Victor also doesn’t seem nearly as angry with Thomas in the story. The story focuses more on the friendship between them, whereas the movie focuses much more on Victor and his relationship with his father. It focuses on the forgiveness of his