Anthropomorphism Chart

Crow—

What characteristics do people and society attribute to this animal?

EXAMPLE: People and society tend to think that crows are harmful to crops; that they carry disease, are pesky, annoying, unclean, vermin, parasitic, and that they are un-necessary and need to be destroyed.

Spider—

What characteristics do people and society attribute to this creature?

Pig—

What characteristics do people and society attribute to this animal?

Sheep—

What characteristics do people and society attribute to this animal?

Rat—

What characteristics do people and society attribute to this animal?

Horse—

What characteristics do people and society attribute to this animal?

Next, write down ideas that describe how these animals relate to one another:

……take notes for how anthropomorphism is used in characters to "address a specific social problem of that time (early 1950s) and to draw a universal lesson that may be applicable in other situations and epochs" (Zipes). Identify the social problem and the universal lesson that are being characterized through White's story.