Coyote and the Enemy Aliens is a satirical commentary that explores the employment of language as a weapon to manipulate societal stereotypes; contemplating its ability to eradicate communal bonding.

King showcases the devastating connotations of manipulation of language by expounding on how it is employed to promote societal stereotypes and create ignorant notions of society. King employs an ignorant, trickster persona of Coyote to critique the intense discriminatory social perspectives present in communal spaces. Coyote is engulfed in ignorance and fails to contemplate the consequences of his actions in a pragmatic manner. His intense ignorance is illustrated when he converses with the narrator telling how Enemy Aliens are “...not like you and me” (60). He has a prejudiced notion of society and fails to identify the striking similarity in physical characteristics between him and the Japanese. This discriminatory mindset alludes to the grotesque societal perspectives constructed in Canada through the manipulation of language. Throughout the prose, Coyote compares the Japanese to the notion of ‘livestock’ and deems them inferior in society by being imparting with animalistic characteristics. He calls the narrator “mistaken” (60) when questioned upon about the similarity between him and the Japanese. His ignorance reaches a standpoint that he begins to feel that his actions have positive connotations on the general lifestyle of the Japanese when he notices their emotional distress and comments, “after everything I have done for them” (64). He achieves self-proclaimed importance when he comments that his job is more important than being “truthful”, “reliable”, “fair” and “generous” (56). He manipulated language to elaborate on how he has to “disperse” the Japanese and disregards his oppressive actions as a vandal to the Japanese. Coyote’s irresponsibility and ignorance is also illustrated when he begins to classify the indigenous populous as Japanese at the reserve thinking, “I must be better than I thought” (68). This disturbing image showcases how Coyote has been manipulated by language to such an extent that he fails to exhibit compassion for his own peoples and attains a state of fanaticism, denying his own errors. Coyote asserts a tag of “Enemy Aliens” to the Japanese but ignores the striking reality that he himself is perceived as an “Enemy Alien “by the “RCMP”. King critiques the power- structures in Canada through the ignorance of Coyote, depicting how the Canadian populous was unable to exhibit compassion for minorities such as the Japanese or the indigenous peoples due to their ignorance. The ignorance of Coyote: “Coyote story” is equated to a “Canadian story”. Through this equation, King elaborates on the disturbing moments of Canadian history describing these specific moments as “Callous, carnage, catastrophe….” (58). King points out the striking hippocratic nature of Canada, that tries to cling onto its identity of a ‘peacekeeping’ nation but is constructed on the exploitation of the indigenous and Japanese populous .He also highlights the exponential accumulation of racist sentiments in society, due to the manipulation of language in communal spaces.

King constructs the prose in a time loop, consciously repeating plot points as the prose progresses. The aboriginal narrator commences the prose by writing “Coyote was going west” (50). This idea creates a notion of spherical movement, whereby Coyote consciously travels “west” to reach the same, distinct point in a fixed period of time. The prose actually occurs in 1944 as Ian Mackenzie delivers the slogan “No Japs from the Rockies to the seas” (62) in 1944 during his nomination ceremony. But the narrator seems to offer alternatives of 1940, 1941 and 1942, showcasing a distinct repetition of plot points annually. Moreover, king repeats the plot points of “...Coyote comes by my place. My good place by the river” (68) frequently in the prose. Furthermore, In the near conclusion of the prose, King also comments, “That Coyote will come back”.The repetition of plot points expounds on the infinite nature of oppression and ignorance in the universe and depicts the sombre reality that such grotesque crimes against humanity​ ​will​ ​not​ ​cease​ ​to​ ​exist​ ​until​ ​they​ ​are​ ​restricted​ ​by​ ​the​ ​modern​ ​society.

Through the prose, King attempts to critique power structures in society by expounding on the intense manipulation of language to legalize crime. The mythical trickster figure of Coyote is employed to exemplify the loop-holes of community, by illustrating how Coyote incorporates the syntax of the term, “legal” to obtain immense power in societal spaces. By equating a “Coyote story” to a “Canadian story”, King elaborates on the ignorant distinct scenes of Canadian socio-political history and satirizes the irrational mindset of society. The notion of absent voices is incorporated to illustrate how Japanese do not have an opportunity to oppose the legalization of the internment. King also illustrates the contrasting incorporation of language in aboriginal and European cultures. The aboriginal populous employs language as a medium of communal bonding via storytelling. Meanwhile, the white-men incorporate language as a catalyst for communal dysfunctionality and manipulation of citizens by legislature.