Charles Perrault's Master Cat Or Puss In Boots

In the story “Master Cat, or Puss in Boots” written by Charles Perrault, Puss in Boots confronts an Ogre. This ogre owns acres of land, a castle, and is very powerful. He acquires the ability of changing into animals of different shapes and sizes. Puss in Boots describes the Ogre’s ability by saying, “It has been said...that you have the ability to transform yourself into any animal at all…’It’s true,’ replied the Ogre” (Perrault 49). Puss in Boots cleverly tells him to turn into a mouse. The ogre naively turns into a mouse, not expecting Puss in Boots to eat him. Perrault describes this situation by writing, “At that moment, he transformed himself into a mouse, which ran across the floor. As soon as the cat saw it, he pounced on it and ate it up” (50). After he consumes the ogre, he tells the King that the castle and lands belongs to Marquis De Carabas, also known as his owner. Impressed by all of the property he owns, the King grants Marquis the permission of marrying the princess. Just …show more content…
First, with the story “How Stories Came to Earth”, Anansi accepts the challenge that consists of capturing four creatures. He decides to ask his wife for advice on how to trick these creatures, since he is too small to catch them physically. Kaleki describes how Aso helps Anansi by saying, “He first asked his wife, Aso, how he might capture Onini…She told him a plan” (40). She helps him along the way, being the mastermind of the tricks that Anansi pulls on the creatures. He captures all four of the creatures and earns the prize of the stories from the Sky-God. The Sky-God exalted Anansi by proclaiming, “From now and forever, my sky-god stories belong to you...We will now call these ‘Spider Stories’” (Kaleki 43). Anansi earns these stories fairly and without any foul play. Anansi achieves his desire for the stories because his wife Aso helps him to think of ways to capture the four creatures