Green Grass Running Water by Thomas King is a novel with both a fantasy and reality layer. In the novel, the character Coyote has the ability to jump over to different the different layers, manipulate events, and is portrayed as a mischievous and troublesome character. Coyotes behavior suggest that he\she is childish or playful, but his\her character is not only for humor or entertainment purposes. Coyotes actions and statements mock and emphasize flaws in the stories, pointing out social issues such as women equality, and native equality. Coyote changes elements in recognized stories, and reveals racist and sexist flaws within the stories, he\she shows that what is "written in stone" can be changed and needs to be revised if people want modern
