Thursday, March 11, 2010

The fish

"The Fish" made me feel like if the writer is a curious person. From my perspective she doesn't go out fishing very often because in that case she wouldn't be describing this one fish. I believe this poem is an example of our lives compared to animals (fishes) because everything that she would say about the fish, she would compare it to the human world. While shes describing the fish shes letting the readers know in a way or another that this fish has gone threw a lot. The fish put up many battles but because of its old age it was time to stop fighting and give up. It seems like if shes having flashback because of this fish. I am actually struggling because the writer made me feel like she fish wasnt moving or doing anything to fight for freedom or to breath. Which seems weird because i know a fish moves alot when it can not breath and when a person cant breath they cant stay still either. At the end shes yelling out rainbow, in the bible rainbow is what God told Noah not to do, destroying mankind in such a way ever again.
And I will remember my covenant, which [is] between me and you and every living creature of all flesh; (Genesis 9:13-16, KJV) The way she describe this fish is similar to this quote that i took from the bible. She might be religious, curious of Gods creation and just put the fish back because of Gods covenant to Noa. We cannot destroy just because we want to and that is why i believe she saids rainbow rainbow. Our environment is a beautiful place which this one ugly fish let the writer see.