American Literature Native American Tricksters Essay

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Even during the time that the buzzard was supposedly helping the rabbit and the other animals were inquiring about the well being of the rabbit, the buzzard lied to them in order to continue the pursuit of his own wants. He was tricking the others the entire time in order to have what he wanted.

A third lesson that can be taken from this tale is that revenge is not the best plan of attack for a wrong that has been done. Once the animals had figured out that they buzzard has indeed eaten the rabbit instead of helping him, they decided to punish him by shooting arrows at him. In the end though they did no damage to the buzzard but instead benefited him. By shooting the arrows at him they shot one through his nose that gave him a good place to breathe through.

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