Le Guin

The story of Buffalo Gals is a very diverse story. It begins with the idea that it will be a realistic story, with the little girls getting in a plane crash and then seeking out her father. After that, it becomes a much more imaginitive story with Coyote taking her in as her own. This kind of story pushes people to think beyond what they know and think interpretively about an animals way of life and the reasons behind it. It is difficult for people to connect a relationship between human and animal when it is not advertantly shoved in their face. In this story they give animals many human characteristics to make a comparison to them being humanistic. The animals take the form of humans even though they continue to live as animals. They live like animals, yet they are still are as civilized as most humans would be, such as taking in a wounded, scared child with no where else to go. I believe that this story is used as an eye-opener to get people to really think and use their imaginations to find the comparison and use that to interpret if and why, animals could really be as civil as humans.