Rainbow Fish By Marcus Pfister

Amy Tan’s short story, Fish Cheeks, outlines the general idea of self-acceptance. As the narrator, fourteen year old Tan declares her love for her minister’s son, Robert, who unlike herself, is “as white as Mary in the manger” (Tan 1). This crush is anything but healthy, primarily because Tan is reluctant to reveal her true self to him. This hesitance she portrays is strikingly recognizable in the teenagers of today’s world. Amy Tan 's story, "Fish Cheeks," is significant to the adolescents of today 's society through the overall structure, quality, and applicability of the piece as the struggle to accept oneself as an individual is still as present as it ever was.

The theme of “what do fish have to do with anything?” is that unhappiness can sometimes cause someone to be blind and ignorant towards others needs. For instance, Willie’s mom does not want him looking or talking to the homeless man on the streets. She tells her son this because she is unhappy so she does not see what the man is going through and instead says “He is sick do not look at him.” Another example is that Willie’s mother does not like answering Willie’s questions concerning others needs. She does not answer willie’s questions because she could honestly care less about a problem that is not hers. She could care less about other peoples problems because of her unhappiness. To illustrate, at the end of the story the mother has the

conclusion that Yonatan’s motive is to steal his goldfish, he feeds his paranoia with this idea.

Antwone "Fish" Fisher is a complex individual who has been through a great deal of psychological and sociological conflicts in his short life. His mother was arrested and then abandons him, he was abused physically and emotional, and then lived on the streets. In short, nearly everything bad that can possible happen to a person has happened to young Antwone Fisher before he has reached adulthood. In his autobiographical book Finding Fish (2001), Fisher explains how the torment that he experienced in his youth shaped the man that he would become in adulthood. Although this story tells about one young man's difficulties in life and how he had to overcome obstacles in order to be a functional and positive member of society, it is really a story about the larger human condition and how every person becomes affected by their experiences.

In Tim Burton’s “Big Fish”, there is a recurring archetype of metamorphosis. It demonstrates transitions from innocence to experience, from the Iron Age to the Golden Age; and from season to season. Each shift plays a big part in the overall development of the film, as well as adding to several characters dimensions.

For example, her family did not pass food, but they grabbed whatever they wanted from across the table. The fish they served was unAmerican and grotesque. After everyone leaves, her mother tells her that, “Your only shame is to know shame.” In "Fish Cheeks", the writer conveys you should be proud of your heritage and culture, and this is what connects you with others. The common theme of both stories is that appearance or looking "good" isn't everything when it comes to connecting with someone.

The diction that Bishop uses really shows how the speaker felt sympathetic towards the fish. “Where he broke it, two heavier lines, and a fine black thread still crimped from the strain and snap when it broke and he got away.” This was said as if the speaker was in the fish’s position, and knew what the fish is going through; how the fish suffered through such pain just to be free. The fish has become “someone” important to the speaker, so he or she does not want to hurt the fish by capturing him. The speaker has reflected upon the images he or she saw, and realized the fish must be set free. The sympathy, love, and kindness can be seen through the the last lines of the poem, and the imagery is much vividly. “Oil had spread a rainbow around the rusted engine to the bailer rusted orange”. The imagery and metaphor of this last sentence used by Bishop are especially appropriate of the whole poem. The speaker is describing that the rainbow comes from the spilled oil; how Bishop words it, she is saying victory is coming from the disgusting bilge water where a rainbow has formed. Like how battered, scratched, and unattractive the fish may look, the speaker sees light and beauty of the fish, that changed the speaker’s attitude towards the fish from the beginning. Therefore, the speaker decided to let the fish go, instead of capturing

In the end, Swimmy helped the other fish to be brave by being the black eye of their school of fish. This message is great for young children as it teaches them to help out others when they might be afraid. I think this would be a great lesson to do when a new student comes to school that might be shy or afraid. The example of stereotyping is the fact that the big fish eat the smaller fish. This story shows that sticking together in a group can keep you safe from

A clown fish named Marlin lives in the Great Barrier Reef loses his son, Nemo. After he ventures into the open sea, despite his father’s constant warnings about many of the ocean’s dangers. Nemo is abducted by a boat and netted up and sent to a dentist’s office in Sydney. So, while Marlin ventures off to try to retrieve Nemo, Marlin meets a fish named Dory, a blue tang

Also the narrator said that the fish was really putting up a fight. If the fish was putting up that much of a fight that pretty much means it is a big fish, because tiny fish do not struggle as much. The fish had a made a really loud slapping noise in the water. Also if it makes a lot of noise I feel like that would be a pretty good reason to think that it's a big fish. The second reason he should choose the fish, is that the girl is very rude to the narrator.

The affection that was once present is uprooted and dead. This also hints at how fickle the love between the two fish actually is.

He carries pride in acknowledging his own goodness, and he is humble because he just doesn’t keep the fish all to himself. He is willing to share and feed others besides himself. After the owner of the terrace had given him and the boy some food for dinner, he says, “I’ll give him the belly meat of a big fish,” (20). Also, he is gracious to the fish. It is really admirable how he honors the fish.

Game and Fish by ~ McKenzie Balzer It is estimated that the earth holds about 20,000 species of fish and 1.98 million species of plants and animals. The game and fish are an organization that helps those plants and animals and prepares for the future by protecting the game and fish and making sure there is not too many or too little of one animal. They do a lot more for the environment than we realize. They are so important that every state has some sort of a game and fish to protect the wildlife. Working for the game and fish does not require very much schooling but there are a few requirements that they need to have.

Next, the speaker talks about the fish’s eyes, larger, shallower, and yellower than hers. The different pieces of fishing line caught in his jaw shows how many times he either escaped or was let go by the other fishers. Then the description of the rented boat, the parts of the boat that all turned into a rainbow.

So the other fish ignore Rainbow Fish and leave him all by his lonesome self (Pfister 11). Later on, Rainbow Fish gets some advice from the all-knowing octopus (Pfister 14). The octopus tells Rainbow Fish that he will be happy if he shares all of his scales (Pfister 14-16). So Rainbow Fish takes his advice and shares all of his scales with all the other fish (Pfister 24). At the end, Rainbow Fish learns how to make friends by sharing his most prized scales (Pfister 27).