Starfish Passage 2

4. The structure of the conclusion is basically the introduction backwards. The thesis is restated at the beginning, and then broadening out to more general statements.

The movie Blackfish is a documentary of the story of Tilikum, a captive killer whale that has taken several lives, exploits the issues amongst the sea-park industry, and illustrates how little is known about these intelligent mammals. The experiences and treatment of the Orcas in Blackfish share commonalities with that of Blacks in America. The film touches on commonalities that can be generalized in comparison with slavery: family, captivity, sound and language, natural and captured behavior, separation. Through genes, captivity and the psychological and physical abuse of the whales in the movie Blackfish, one can determine and acknowledge that there is a correlation between the situation of African Americans today and the enslavement

The river represents the period between life and death. Another part of this symbol is the air representing life and under the rocks and waterfall representing death. Just as the transition from life to death is in motion, so is the rushing of the water. Both have a beginning and an ending point, but the part in the middle is constantly moving, swirling and churning. As the girl loses hope for survival and the waterfall is approaching, the narrator states, “[S]he becomes part of the river” (45). The girl now crosses over the borderline of life and death, and she is about to be swallowed up by the falls of death and can never return to life. However, when the diver goes into the river to save her, he comes out saying that “he’d never enter that river again” (47). He encounters the spiritual eccentricity of the edge of death when he looks into lifeless girl’s animated eyes, and he can not fathom that experience. Another symbol that is introduced twice is the gurgle of the aquarium, which symbolizes the attempt to understand nature’s cycle of life. As she floats downstream, the girl remembers “her sixth-grade science class, the gurgle of the aquarium at the back of the room”(45). During this moment, all of her thoughts are puzzled, and she cannot understand the death awaiting her. Later on, after sleepless nights, the diver is in the empty school where “the only sound the gurgle of the aquarium” (48). This moment is the point at which he decides

From the prologue we can tell that fish lamb is embracing death and that he wants it to happen. Without the epigraph “Shall we gather at the river where bright angel feet have trod” we wouldn’t be able to understand the themes. These themes all contribute to one underlying theme ‘completeness’ through the other themes fish is able to search for completeness. He finds completeness through drowning and reuniting with his lost

The text commences with positive imagery that illustrates the idyllic natural setting of Queensland and returns to positive imagery in the end. Malouf positively describes the motion of the ocean waves in Queensland which they “rose, gathered themselves, stood poised a moment holding the sun at their crests, then toppled. There was a rhythm to it”. The brief moment of the waves standing poised in the sun symbolises that all things in life have their unique moments, and this idea is reinforced by Imogen, “life [means] a unique presence, and it [is] essential in every creature”. The fact that there is a rhythm to the motion of the waves as it rises and topples, it conveys that the unique moments in life will end eventually, but the cycle of life will repeat itself.

The circle of life is an ongoing loop of everything in the world. Just like a wheel, the circle of life goes round and round. The circle of life never stops, and even though someone might try to, it will not stop. Life and death is the circle of life. In Edgar Allan Poe’s “Spirits of the Dead”, Poe introduces the reader to life and death. This is a very sorrow filled poem, with death and forgiveness. The way Poe uses Life and Death is part of what brings this poem to life. The use of life and death is exactly what Poe chooses to address as he uses imagery and personification of the life he once had and the love he once possessed. The literary techniques in “Spirits of the dead”, are the mood and tone of this poem. It shows what Poe really feels behind his words.

examples of how water gives and takes life in the book The Ocean at the end of the Lane.

Moral values and meanings are portrayed through these two poems by expressing and clarifying the value of life and exploring humanity's relationship with animals.

The fish is a major symbolism within the boy’s life. The fish is mainly an illustration of a lost friendship or love. “Once the boy had seen a huge fish jump up high in the pond’s center, though his father told him the pond held no fish,” (Crabtree 72). The fish is a representation of the young boy’s friendship. The young boy thinks that he has a friend or love, but his father tells him that there is no such thing as a true friend. Stating that the friendship has ended or that the friend has gone away, either due to moving or death. Crabtree then writes, “But the boy had seen one, and was watchful,” (Crabtree 72). The young boy waits for that friendship to come. He waits for that one person that can help him through the ups and downs of life. He has encountered that feeling of love and honesty but now is just waiting for that person to come

The division of the stanzas leads the emotional rollercoaster that the speaker undergoes. The poem opens with the speaker’s graphic observation, “A toad the power mower caught.” He seemed unsympathetic towards the toad and it is evident in the description given in the next few lines about the toad’s injury. When the toad hid in the cineraria leaves, the speaker shows some interest. He at least concludes that the toad will die in this “final glade”. In the second stanza, the physical appearance of the toad is depicted by gruesome images. His leg was “chewed and chopped” while he watched stillness of the toad making the speaker think that the toad is “attending...towards some deep

The other section where symbolism is evident is “Small Porch in the Woods.” It is divided into several poems. In the first one, there is the mention of “unshifting star” which represents a change that is undisturbed. It is the turning point of the society. Despite the challenges communities face in their life, their ambition leads them towards achieving their objectives in life. The second poem under this section is about a heavy rain that fell in the month of April. Heavy rain is the representation of unhappy moments. The description presented by the narrator shows that it is a sad moment where everything is carried away. Throughout the poem, the rain is seen, as a lesson

This first use of symbolism differs from the allegory “Used to Live Here Once.” The second sentence is where the narrator starts the use of symbolism to explain the different steps in life through the explanation of the rocks in a river. “The round unsteady stone, the pointed one, the flat one in the middle –– the safe stone where you could stand and look around,” the unsteady stone represents life as a child, when we are first learning to walk and talk, the pointed stone is the apex of our journey through life, the flat stone was after our hard days were done, such as when we are older and more mature, and the safe stone represents when you took a step back and decided not to engage life, but life is for living so you must continue to move forward and not stand off to the side. Finally the narrator explains one more rock, “The next one wasn't so safe for when the river was full the water flowed over it and even when it showed dry it was slippery,” this sentence explains her current situation. Being that she had died and does not realize that yet, she is in a situation to where even though everything looks right the next step is a slippery one, soon she will find out that she is no longer alive. The first use of symbolism in each of these pieces is about life, one tells us that life is a precious thing, where

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.

The lines that follow deal with death and punishment.  Part 3, describes how the sailors' "throats unslaked, with black lips baked, We could nor laugh nor wail; Through utter drought all dumb we stood!  I bit my arm, I sucked the blood, And cried, A sail! A sail! "  Then all the shipmates die "Four times fifty living men, (And I heard nor sigh nor groan) With heavy thump, a lifeless lump, They dropped down one by one."  And so the ancient mariner was "Alone, alone, all, all alone, Alone on a wide wide sea!  A never a saint took pity on My soul in agony."  He sat

My few years on this planet have been a bit confusing. I have learned of many aspects of life from which one can draw meaning, if indeed such meaning can be drawn. I have also learned that there can be no singular meaning of life to stand for us all, or even any one of us. What I have learned above all is that trying to put words to the meaning of life is a task of absolute absurdity. This is not to be confused with the idea that life has no meaning, for life certainly has meaning. However, there is no single meaning of life to be defined - life is different for us all. Therefore, rather than define life for an entire planet, I shall try to explain what life means as I perceive it, and why it means so.