The short story of “Fish” by Joanne Harris is about the young and successful protagonist, Jack, who marries the youthful and wealthy antagonist, Melissa. To celebrate their honeymoon, Jack chooses to take his newly wedded wife to a city in Italy called Naples. There, Jack gets a chance to get to know Melissa better, as well as himself. In “Fish,” Joanne Harris shows how Jack is able to reconnect with his past and true self after he arrives in Naples with Melissa for their honeymoon.
The life Jake previously lives, in England, the one before coming to Naples, is a materialistic one. Jack marries Melissa for the same reason she marries him. That reason being the fact that she is a member of a wealthy family and that he is a successful young
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When Jack was a young child, “he had never really known his Italian family apart from his grandmother, who had died when he was a very young boy” (Harris, 248). He spent a lot of time with his grandmother, getting to know his background, which is what brought him back to Naples. The literary technique used here is the theme since one of the main ideas of this story is to connect one’s self which Jack slowly starts to do as he travels around Naples. It upsets Jack when Melissa shows how she thought coming to Italy for their honeymoon was a bad idea. Their first fight was even caused by the “beggars and pickpockets…no nice shops,” and how there was not a single restaurant in town that served anything that Melissa actually wanted to eat (249). This passage shows one of the differences between these two characters since Jack loves the Naples and the food there. Melissa’s complaining had only temporarily upset Jack’s mood, because “after years in exile, he was at last returning home” (248). This passage represents the materialistic world with the word “exile” and Naples with “home”.
Through her character and actions, Melissa represents the materialistic lifestyle, which is what Jack wanted in the past and now rejects. Jack had married Melissa for her wealth, but he was already successful, just not satisfied with what he already had. Melissa represents dissatisfaction by the gel pads in her bra that she used to “give herself some
Sixteen-year-old Lina Emerson, the main character, had recently moved to Italy to live with her unmentioned father. This new experience consists of gelato, the beautiful Italy scenery, and a significant life lesson. It was her mother’s dying wish for her to move to Tuscany, Italy to finally get to know her father. Reluctantly, she agreed to go for a short period of time over the
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Black Fish uses the death of a recognized Killer Whale trainer at SeaWorld, Dawn Brancheau who was one of Tilikums trainers thorough his twenty years in captivity, almost as a framing device to explore the theory that possessing Orcas in captivity is corrupt and unnatural for the whales. In Black fish, there are many different tragedies that went on while the Orcas were in captivity. Fisher men separated the young from the mothers and took them into SeaWorld. Many of the workers were unaware of all of the immoral actions they were taking part in. Tilikum was the Killer Whale that ended up killing Dawn Brancheau and causing a stir in SeaWorld. Having Orcas in captivity damages them but, the trainers were scared to leave because they want to continue to care for the whales. There is a relationship shared with the trainers and the whales yet it is obvious that very little was taught in the SeaWorld industry about these intelligent mammals.
Dorothy Allison’s essay, Panacea, recalls the fond childhood memories about her favorite dish, gravy. Allison uses vivid imagery to cook up a warm feeling about family meals to those who may be a poor family or a young mother. Appeal to the senses shows this warm feeling, along with a peaceful diction.
Fish Magic is a combination of a charming scene decorated with vibrant colors to make one of the most famous paintings. The painting by Paul Klee has evoked multiple emotions in the audience, as it has it is full of aura. The Fish Magic by Klee was completed during his prime years as an artist before he died of scleroderma. The painting has however remained to be one of the pieces which sparked the creativity of the painter and infused a different level of skills to create a new figure.
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Blackfish was released on the 19th of July 2013 in New York. Gabriela Cowperthwaite’s award-winning documentary is about a captive killer whale that has taken the lives of several people. This documentary explores the different stories of Tilikum’s attacks and the reasons for why these accidents are occurring in the sea park industry.
The main theme of this novel work is a powerful journey that lead unknown strangers on this dull island where each one of them life is at stake between survival and fate. The author’s overall message to society is far the intended audience to know how justice needs to be served. The way the author Christie use each element such as characterization, conflict, and style to enhance the theme with the characterization she pin out points from the begging of the novel to let the beginning of the novel to let the audience know that this vacation trip that each of the strangers think they getting is going to turn out to be something more than what they all expect. The conflict again are within each character their self’s and the author make sure that in this novel there’s pin points that the
The Canadian novel ‘Crow Lake’ by Mary Lawson, published in 2002, was awarded in Canada as First Novel Award in the same year it was published and won the McKitterick Prize in 2003. The author Mary Lawson was born and brought up in a small farming community in southern Ontario. After graduating from McGill University, she moved to England in 1968. She still lives there with her husband and sons, though she returns to Canada every year. The story took place in a small town called Crow lake in northern Ontario. In this book Kate Morrison, the main character, leads the reader through her journey for healing from past mistakes dealing with her family. At the beginning, Kate who is seven, and her siblings Luke, Matt, and Bo, experienced a tough time surviving after their parents were killed in a car crash, which impacted them for the rest of their lives.
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On this image, we see the external dorsal side of a preserved crayfish. As part of the largest animal phylum the Arthropoda, the body of the crayfish is segmented, with jointed appendages and exoskeleton. The paired antennae (1) are long appendages located the front of the mouth and modified for help the animal to sense touch and taste. The antennules (2) are shorter, also paired with the same function but they also help to maintain balance. The chelipeds (3) are located on the front of the thorax, and they are responsible for defence and grasping food. On the at ventral part of the thorax, we found four pairs of walking legs (4), with these legs the crayfish changes locations on the bottom of freshwater lakes, streams and also on land. They
Initially, Marina is isolated and detached from the world she once knew. She begins in a tone harsh and cold. “It would stay a cold and empty book, with no secrets.” Her tone is blunt as she describes herself as the “nut case, the psycho with the deformed face” and the “silent freak” suffering from “anorexia of speech”. The main aspect isolating Marina from growing and
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