Thursday, October 31, 2013

Coyote and the Pebbles

I found the reading Coyote and the Pebbles to be an interesting graphic novel because its written in the style of  a myth or legend, that way a story of creation was told. This to me was interesting because of the fact that the author himself is not a descendant of a Native American, since this is the style the graphic novel was written. The basic premises of the story is how the stars came to be and also to try to explain to the reader as to why coyotes howl at the full moon, and also what made this story relate to traditional legends is that the animals in the novel were able to speak, but also have the ability to transform into a human at will. The explanation of how stars was made, is through an accident that occurred to coyote who was being self center thinking he was able to draw a better portrait but ultimately he trips and inadvertently ruins the other animals portrait by scattering their pebbles across the night sky. Then the author gives the reason why a coyote howls at the moon and its because its coyote trying to get a second chance among the other animals.
aside from that there is a subtle moral lesson which is to not think about yourself only but also think about the other, because your action may lead to consequences.

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