“How Stories Came to Earth” consists of not one but two characters working together to solve the conflict of the story, Anansi and Aso. The couple are not just friends as many tales include, but rather married. This means that their bond is not easily broken by physical or mental means, so they work together easily and efficiently. When Anansi finally decides to take on the challenge of capturing feared creature of the land, “He first [asks] his wife, Aso, how he might capture Onini, the python that swallows men whole” (40). As any good team does, they have a system of defeating these obstacles; Aso schemes and creates plans that few could while Anansi carries them out. Without one another, the plans would never work, so their teamwork is a
