The story portrays a story of a fisherman who has the rare opportunity to meet an amazing creature. This is why he describes the fish as “venerable”, “homely”, and “battered”. He also stated that the fish did not fight at all; which does not become significant until near to the end of the poem when he realizes that this “tremendous” fish has finally submitted itself and given up.…
The sorrowful, yet loving relationship between Quick and Fish is a realistic representation of human relationships and the pain they often bring. Both Quick and Fish bring despair into their relationship, conveyed…
Maybe this painting is criticizing vague and shallow philosophy, as if the beggar was saying, "The world is my oyster" that he has the freedom to do whatever he wants, but if the world is an oyster and you are free to do at will, maybe you are doomed within your shell.…
The boy really likes the girl and thinks she is pretty, he knows she has money, and he also knows there are other fish. The boy also really wants the fish and he knows that it is the biggest fish he’s ever had, he’s been fishing all his life and is very passionate about it, and he doesn’t want to just give up and dump his gear in the river. He knows she gots money but the things her family has but the fish is the biggest fish he’s ever had. He knows she is pretty by the look of her when she came out that night in the beautiful white dress but he has fished is whole life it is a passion for…
On May 21, 2005, David Foster Wallace starts his address to the graduating class of Kenyon College by making an analogy about three fish passing by one another. The older fish throws a comment out to the two younger "How 's the water?" (Wallace 1) to which the younger two fish pose the question, "What the hell is water?" (Wallace 1) In explanation of said story, Wallace interprets it by saying "The point of the fish story is […] the most obvious […] realities are often the ones that are the hardest to see and talk about." (Wallace 1)…
I think that the change of point of view is one of the more effective techniques Winton uses in this extract. From the beginning where he clearly uses an inclusive pronoun to describe the gathering, “Will you look at us” to the ending where the pronoun has switched to exclusive, “And you can’t help but worry for them…” This technique draws attention to the exclusion both of Fish, the reason this event took place, and of the reader. We are forced to the sidelines, watching the physical description of the families meld into a spiritual description of life and death.…
A. We might have been at peace with Japan, but that didn’t stop them from bombing us.…
This is water is a mighty odd title, don’t you think? Throughout the reading I kept the image of the fish in the back of my mind, what does the fish scenario mean? David Foster Wallace tells a couple stories: a tale of two men in Alaska and a story of a real-world scenario of the reader at grocery store. Each story prevailed a meaning to me, though the most vibrant element of this presentation was found in the scenario of the grocery store.…
The fish tank is a symbol of the ebb and flow between good and bad times. The fish’s existence which relies solely on the owner 's hand is predictable only by the constancy of the protagonists’ marriage. When the marriage is stable the aquarium is clean, the fish is well fed and happy “wondrously free, swimming – for all he knew – in Lake Superior… free of desires, needs, and everything else” (218). This clean state represents the favorable parts of life. When the marriage become unstable the opposite happens, the aquarium became a filthy mess, “the water so clotted it had become a substantial mass, a putty within the fish was presumably swimming, or dead” (215). The dirty stage symbolizes the base facets of life; the water is restricted, dark, and full of need. The fish tank is a representation of the ephemeral nature of life and the good and bad times we all face in our own lives.…
To me the river is either life itself or perhaps more likely an experience in life (notice how he says it's unfamiliar from what he is used to at home). To me this speaks of a life experience perhaps a journey or maybe even a relationship.…
The reason why I am explaining this story is because the speech felt as if it was directed toward me and my mindset. I’m not going to explain the entire speech because that would be a little off topic. However, in the beginning of the speech, Wallace says, “There are these two young fish swimming along and they happen to meet an older fish swimming the other way, who nods at them and says ‘Morning, boys. How's the water?’ And the two young fish swim on for a bit, and then eventually one of them looks over at the other and goes ‘What the hell is water?’” The meaning I got from this is: Fish are living in water and yet they have no idea what water is. I made a connection because everyday I live in the work of God, yet, never feel his presence. Reading this, I realized the simple things are the hardest to explain. I now have a new mindset and finally realized I need to stop waiting to feel the presence of God. I do not need proof God is there, I just have to…
He expresses his feeling of touching a crayfish’s antennae and many other fish swimming under him.…
I selected a speech that was given by Manal- Al Sharif. The speech was entitled “A Saudi woman who dared to drive”. The speech was delivered sometime in June 2013. It was presented in a worldwide set of conferences referred to as TED (Technology, Environment, and Design) conference. TED provides live streaming of dialogues and address an extensive array of topics within the practice of science, culture and research. The speech was about promoting the rights of women to drive, family protection, and male protection cancelation in Saudi Arabia. The speech intended to portray the truth as it actually is on the ground and the role of women who want to bring about change in…
As the big fish, he tries to explain to the young fish what water really is. He goes on to state that the obvious and the most important realities in life are the ones that are hard to see. For instance, when the big fish stood to ask the small fish what water is, the small fish had no idea of water, yet they were swimming in it (Wallace, 2009). They could not see the water yet it is the most obvious and most important thing for them. Therefore, people only need to choose the right things to think about and they will be able to see the obvious things that are more important to…
“Then the fish came alive, with his death in him, and rose high out of the water showing all his great length and width and all his power and his beauty. He seemed to hang in the air above the old man in the skiff. Then he fell into the water with a crash that sent spray over the old man and over all of the skiff.”…
