This is why I left Seattle
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That's a fascinating point. I had no idea the book was more of a philosophy with rabbits. The concept of being raised for slaughter is a tragic idea.
The trickster rabbit? Anansi?
Unlike Man's tricksters, El-Ahrairah always advocates for his people. It's the gods he plays tricks on. Which makes sense; for humans, the trickster is both a comedic character as well as a representation of the fickleness of Nature and Fate; rabbits need tricks and wile just to survive, so he more serves as an example of how to stay alive ... and stories about him tend to be scary af.
Adams was pretty good at looking from their perspective.