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.…
He is not quite sure how to react to it, because he doesn’t really know what is going on and cannot face the reality of her death. At first, Vardaman thinks the Dr. Peabody has killed his mother. “As soon as he gets through kicking I can and then I can cry, the crying can. He kilt her. He kilt her” (54). Initially, Vardaman is convinced that Dr. Peabody killed her because he came to visit Addie and see how she was doing. After she dies, Dr. Peabody had just left which is why Vardaman accuses him of killing her. After realizing what actually happens, he becomes delusional and more distressed. “My mother is fish” (84). Vardaman mistakes his mother for a fish because at the beginning of the novel, he catches a fish and then merely cuts it into pieces. He relates this to his mother because he knows the fish is no longer a fish, and because his mother is dead, he assumes that Addie has transformed into the fish. He still believes that she is alive, however, while she is laying in her coffin. Vardaman reacting this way about this fish is valuable to his character because the reader can comprehend how his brain functions and how he needs to compare his mother’s death to fully value the concept of what is happening. The fish Vardaman relates to his mother’s death is also a sign of symbolism. It relates to symbolism because it could represent the Jesus fish, or ichthys. Since Vardaman killed and cleaned the fish,…
Specific Purpose Statement: After listening to my speech, the audience will be able to explain how even though Bethany Hamilton suffered a devastating injury that would have ended most people's dream, she achieved success in her sport.…
One of the best women surfers is Bethany Hamilton. She has won a National Scholastic Surfing Association National Championship (Sandler 29). She came in second at the national championship in 2003 at San Clemente, California against girls almost twice her age before the shark attack (Sandler 12).…
Laura Bridgman, born December 21, 1829, was a normal two year old, then a couple months after turning two, she became very ill with scarlet fever. After five weeks of being sick, she lost almost all of her eyesight. After she lost her eyesight the infection spread, taking her hearing and almost all her sense of taste and smell. Then Samuel Gridley Howe found and helped her understand her disabilities she now had (Alexander 1-4).…
Born June 22, 1909, in Glen Ellyn, Illinois, near Chicago, Dunham enjoyed the security of a middle-class suburban existence for the first four years of her life. Her father, Albert Millard Dunham, was a tailor who had his own business in Chicago. Her mother, Fanny June Guillaume Taylor, who was twenty years older than her husband, was an assistant principal at a city school. Dunham's life changed drastically though, in 1914, when her mother became seriously ill and died, leaving Albert to raise Katherine and her older brother, Albert Jr, alone. Eventually, financial obligations forced Katherine's father to sell the family's home, sacrifice his business, and accept a job as a traveling salesman. Over the next few years, Katherine and Albert Jr, stayed with their aunt Lulu Dunham and various relatives in sections of Chicago. They stayed first with cousins Clara Dunham and her 17-year-old daughter. Both were actresses, and lived in an apartment that was also used as a rehearsal space for a black vaudeville show, which they were producing. Later, they moved in with another cousin, who took Katherine to shows at the local theaters, where she delighted in the…
“ People can do whatever they want if they just set their heart to it, and just never give up, and just go out there and do it.”…
the students will be working in partners to create a painting from the book “What’s It Like to be a Fish?” by Wendy Pfeffer to express their definition of what is it to be a fish and live in the ocean. The students will be required to fully express their understanding of what it is to live in the ocean based on the book.…
In “A Change of Heart about Animals”, Jeremy Rifkin says that animals are more like us than we imagined and that we should treat them the same way we treat humans. Although Rifkin’s background is impressive, and he is probably very knowledgeable about economic trends in Washington DC, there is little evidence provided that he has much expertise in the areas of animal emotions and their cognitive abilities.…
Throughout history, the American society had always been male chauvinistic, meaning men were often given prejudiced loyalty based on just the fact that they were men. Men were superior to women in all aspects of life, including receiving an education, have a voice in politics, and even the life at home. It wasn't until the 1800's that women began to fight for their rights and set new standards that would eventually mold the United States into the country it is today. Victoria Woodhull, the first woman candidate for President of the United States, was a strong, relentless leader in the fight for women's rights, and an advocate for many other human rights we possess as American citizens today.…
way; the immoral treatment they endure upon of their animals. Blackfish became the one of the…
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.…
Vardaman’s continual rants about the fish are merely his way of expressing his feelings and making sense of his mother’s death. He associates the conversion of a live fish into a dead one with the death of Addie. The concept that his own mother can vanish so suddenly is as psychologically painful, if not more, for him as it is for the other family members. Vardaman’s responses to Addie’s death are to some extent systematic, and they demonstrate that he is incapable of having a healthy emotional response to his mother’s death.…
In the second half of the article, he talks about the pain and suffering of a lobster, if they even have pain, and the thoughts of kill them fresh. The article says on page 62, “the more important point her, though, is that the whole animal-cruelty-and-eating issue is not just complex, it’s also uncomfortable.”…
If there's one thing undeniable about Victoria Beckham, it's definitely going to be the air of sophistication looming around and contained within her. Many would remember Victoria as one of the five members of worldwide sensation Spice Girls, and her using the nickname Posh Spice is a premonition of something big about her future. Despite the fact that she wed football superstar David Beckham and reared children, the pizzazz and gall to look even better is just too difficult to miss. Nowadays, we often see her clutching her little ones while walking down the street, or being a wife in selected rendezvous, but truth be told, nothing's really changed. Victoria Beckham is still the Posh Spice we get to adore, and below are some of the things that you need to know about her.…