The novelist illustrates that reality cannot be escaped from nor denied because it is the definite part of life and human existence that cannot be changed. Several writers have illustrated the harsh and inhumane nature that reality has to offer to the world. Authors such as Jack London, Edith Wharton, and Elizabeth Bishop have expressed this topic through their works of literature, demonstrating what reality has to offer. Jack London conveys naturalism and realism to illustrate that nature does not care about the plight of man. Edith Wharton uses irony to show that you can not run away from your struggles and Elizabeth Bishop uses symbolism to convey that life has many obstacles but to defeat these obstacles, you must face them head on.
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Bishop illustrates how the fish has struggled through physical difficulties while using personification when she states “While his gills were breathing in the terrible oxygen —the frightening gills, fresh and crisp with blood, that can cut so badly” (Bishop 402). This quote illustrates the physical problems such as the difficulty of breathing and the hooks that have severely injured its body. Throughout the poem, the fish has suffered a great amount of pain in it’s lifetime. Another symbol that lies being this quote is the struggles Bishop’s has had to face. The interpretation that is inferred is that Bishop is the fish. Bishop lets go of the fish and as she does she realizes the true symbolism behind it. As stated by the author “where oil had spread a rainbow around the rusted engine to the bailer rusted orange, the sun-cracked thwarts,the oarlocks on their strings, the gunnels—until everything was rainbow, rainbow, rainbow! And I let the fish go.” This quote is reinforcing the idea that the fish has essentially released it’s grace and has ripped through the barrier of obstacles and realities brutality. The author starts to recognize how important the fish is & realizes the beauty behind it. The rainbow represents happiness and the positive outlook the fish and Bishop have on life. Bishop wants the audience to know that even though reality may have its cruel ways, there lies beauty behind
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Bishop illustrates how the fish has struggled through physical difficulties while using personification when she states “While his gills were breathing in the terrible oxygen —the frightening gills, fresh and crisp with blood, that can cut so badly” (Bishop 402). This quote illustrates the physical problems such as the difficulty of breathing and the hooks that have severely injured its body. Throughout the poem, the fish has suffered a great amount of pain in it’s lifetime. Another symbol that lies being this quote is the struggles Bishop’s has had to face. The interpretation that is inferred is that Bishop is the fish. Bishop lets go of the fish and as she does she realizes the true symbolism behind it. As stated by the author “where oil had spread a rainbow around the rusted engine to the bailer rusted orange, the sun-cracked thwarts,the oarlocks on their strings, the gunnels—until everything was rainbow, rainbow, rainbow! And I let the fish go.” This quote is reinforcing the idea that the fish has essentially released it’s grace and has ripped through the barrier of obstacles and realities brutality. The author starts to recognize how important the fish is & realizes the beauty behind it. The rainbow represents happiness and the positive outlook the fish and Bishop have on life. Bishop wants the audience to know that even though reality may have its cruel ways, there lies beauty behind