Compare and Contrast

John's purpose for going on the journey is that he was very curious about the East, the Place of the God, and he also wanted to return as a hero. Coyote on the other hand does not have a purpose at the beginning, he was just walking around. When Coyote heard about the giant from an old lady he decided that he wants to kill the giant. Both character's motivation was curiosity and believe what they do will bring them fame.In Coyote Kills the Giant, we don't know about the first setting, but we know the second one, when Coyote's in the giant's stomach. In By the Waters of Babylon, the setting is also unknown, but we know by a brief description that it is after some kind of disaster where the metals are radioactive. The settings for both stories are very similar in a sense that it is not clear to the reader when and where it is but we can tell that there's not much in the setting. It is also different because in Coyote Kills the Giant, it's more like a place full of nothing and he just travels to meet the giant, whereas By the Waters of Babylon, we will think of a town and there's many people.