Analysis Of The Fish By Elizabeth Bishop

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Philosophy:
• How has this class allowed you to think more openly?
In English 103 course, it definitely helps and gives me some abilities to analysis the questions and treat the same situation with different perspective.
First and foremost, I learn the correct way to use critical thinking to poetries, dramas, and short stories. For example, as I read the poetry, The Tips From My Father, I only feel that this poetry is positive because it seem that the father teach his son to be smart in the future. However, after I use another side to read this poetry again, I feel the deep meaning, which is the sorrow from the father. Since the father knows that his son will grow up and leave him to face the life along in the future. At the beginning of
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The protagonist captures a fish, which does not give up any chance to survive. The protagonist as a fisherman should have captured this dogged fish. However, the protagonist might understand or feel the same situation, which the fish faces. The fisherman seemed find a friend, the fish he captured. The fisherman as if captured his heart but fish because the surviving of fish showed the attitude to the life, which it never give up, even though life is always not easy. Maybe, the protagonist also suffers the same challenge from life, and he may not have enough to brave and confidant to overcome the challenges. However, the fish is his prey, and it try to get free. Therefore, as a person, there is no reason to give …show more content…
During this processing, the salesman did not only become materialism, but also his family also became materialisms. On the other hand, he did not realize his dream, and he also lost his life. Ironically, his wife, sons, and friends did not feel proud of him in his funeral. In the end, his wife stayed along with his husband’s grave and she still talked their house’s debts. Thus, the story illustrates a hard economy deprives people’s hopes, families, and lives. Based on the effort of fore generations, we have opportunities to enjoy and improve economy. Therefore, if we want to consummate current economy, we have to study and remember the history of

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