Self-study
passage 2
P1
Native American stories often feature a character called the trickster, a comic figure who has both mortal weaknesses and supernatural powers. ███
Trickster ·
Native American comic figure
"Trickster" ·
Term has been applied to the picaro of European literature
Both are heroes; live on the peripheries of society; are morally flawed
P2
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Main Point ·
Applying "trickster" to picaro obscures essential differences
Premise ·
Picaro satirizes society
Picaro is human. He indulges in vices which enrages society. He is authentic. He acts as foil to society to reveal its hypocrisy. Society marginalizes him because he is viewed as dangerous.
P3
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Premise ·
Trickster does not satirize society
Trickster serves as moral instruction: do not behave like the trickster. Trickster is animal; lives in world of myth; flaws are the trickster's own, not the society's; is a comic figure and socially marginalized because he is fundamentally antisocial. Trickster only makes himself look bad.
P4
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Sub-Premise ·
Example of a trickster fable
Coyote trickster embodies a moral lesson: reaching beyond proper limits will result in negative consequences.
Passage Style
Critique or debate
Analysis by KevinLin
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