Elizabeth Bishop's poem entitled "The Fish" is an epic story of a recreational fisher and the catch of her lifetime, the elusive, battle tested fish. In a broader sense you would believe that the fisher, which I will refer to as she, for sheer purposes of my understanding of the character, on a leisure fishing trip, has conquered the glorious fish and is prepared to take home her prize. Rather, was it the fish that caught her? It is not a struggle between fish and fisher, instead a wrestling of her judgments to keep the fish or release him. In the end, overcome with appreciation for the fish she opts to put it back in the water.
Through this narrative poem, Bishop's use of fruitful word choice and neat organization draws us into her unconscious battle with the fish. She is speaking to herself and we are overhearing. Yet we too are induced into her conflict. The poet opens up her story with pure enjoyment of her catch, which we can extract from the use of her first adjective "tremendous." Her mood soon turns from excitement to disappointment when the fisher realizes that her catch "hadn't fought at all" (Bishop 120). Further examination brings about her displeasure when she uses simile to refer to the fish as "ancient wall-paper [ ] like full-blown roses" (120). The reflection of "ancient wall-paper" turns you to think of your old house and the 70's wall-paper that tarnished the walls and her use of "full-blown roses" makes you want to think of the rose's stage prior to death. The amateur fisher's letdown continues through line 24.
When we reach line 24 Bishop's attitude toward the fish changes. Although talk of unpleasant "blood", Bishop uses positive adjectives for the first time, with her use of "fresh" and "crisp." Her perception on the events turns with her acknowledgement of the fish's loss of comfort of the water. Her use of poetic devices, such as metaphors and imagery.
and the pink swim-bladder.
In my eyes too many people were caught up with social status to care about "outsiders." I was the type of person who could talk to everyone, from the jocks to the geeks and everyone in between. ... There was this girl who I didn't know, but talked to because she was friends with guys. ... In the past, I was no stranger to getting caught up in the smallest details. ...
The article "Who Will Speak for the Voiceless" by Gary Kline leaves a reader in an alarmed condition. ... Caught in the webs of our hectic lives, many times we simply do not realize that the world we live in is plagued with problems of starvation, poverty, war, and disease. ... Relaxed in our comfortable apartments, we forget about those unlucky who can hardly make enough to survive. ... And if we choose to do so, who will defend those whose voices are hashed in the tumult the rich make? Who will l defend the voiceless? ...
But this also got them talking about who actually did it. ... There is evidence to support all theories, but the question is what is the right theory, who assassinated the President of the United States of America? ... But this also got them talking about who actually did it. ... There is evidence to support all theories, but the question is what is the right theory, who assassinated the President of the United States of America? ... His response to this request was to slit his wrists to be checked into a psychiatric ward so he could stay in Russia, they caught on to this trick Oswald was tr...
Who is the watchdog? Who is supposed to be the watchdog on the net? ... Who does the responsibility belong to? ... This child molester is caught having sexual activity with his eight-year-old neighbor in the state of Alabama. ... I do not know a single parent who would even think of letting this hypothetical situation proceed. ...
Who is the watchdog? Who is supposed to be the watchdog on the net? ... Who does the responsibility belong to? ... This child molester is caught having sexual activity with his eight-year-old neighbor in the state of Alabama. ... I do not know a single parent who would even think of letting this hypothetical situation proceed. ...
Hinton (a young adult fictional novel) is a 16 year old boy who comes from a broken home and is abused. ... The quote "Last month in Sacremento, a 15-year old Yuba City youth who reportedly claimed he was mimicking a TV program about little girls who rob a bank was given a 26 years- life prison term.2 talks about a child who DID plan his murder. ... If something really really big were to happen, a teen who is losing brain cells all day long, will not react greatly under the situation. Since Johnny was attacked by the same people who had brutally beat him, obviously a good outcome is not going ...
In the play of Macbeth, Shakespeare introduces the main character, through the eyes of the one who knows him best, his wife. ... As time passes and he and Lady Macbeth are suspected of all the murders that have taken place, Macbeth decides to kill the one who flees the country to get an army together to overthrow Macbeth, Macduff. ... Meanwhile at the castle, Lady Macbeth was caught sleepwalking by the gentlewoman and she also noticed that Lady Macbeth could not be in a dark room without a candle lit. ...
She spent a lot of her time making friends with people who held high offices (Hamilton 31). ... But illness soon caught up to her. She caught Rheumatic Fever and in October she returned to the United States (Hamilton 74-85). ... It was her who started the American branch of the Red Cross and kept it running for so long. ... More than 1,200,000 Americans who serve as Red Cross volunteers annually support the organization. ...
An example with Christianity, would state that in a community with intense suffering a group of people made an attempt to turn that suffering into a virtue, and then that idea spread and caught on with those who suffered until it became almost the acceptable rule. ... As this view gets passed down through generations, the first interpretations are forgotten, or become mute points to the believers, and reality becomes merely an understanding, or Perspectivism, where reality is known only in terms of the perspectives of individuals or groups who make the perception. ... He also holds that only ...
