Fables Use Anthropomorphism to make their point
All fables make use of a storytelling device known as anthropomorphism, which is the attribution of human traits and behaviors to non-human animals, deities or objects. Not only do the animals in fables think, speak and emote like human beings, they also personify human vices and virtues — greed, pride, honesty and benevolence, for example — which is essential to their function as instruments of moral instruction.