Raina Sarmah Journal Topic #2 Andrew X. Pham’s Catfish and Mandala, while describing the journey and self-discovery of the author himself, also focuses on the struggles faced by Pham’s siblings, his older sister Chi in particular. As a young girl she is sent to live with her grandmother after receiving a terrible beating from her father. Although she is able to freely explore her individual identity under the care of her new home, she later faces issues accepting her gender and struggles to retain her identity. Chi initially runs away from home to flee from her abusive father after she was punished for taking food from the village leper. Under the care of her grandmother, she is able to recover, but never wholly reconciles with her father because her grandmother “was never fond of Dad in the first place” (Pham 57).
Winton explores the effect Fish’s drowning has on Oriel’s spirit, who, clearly characterised by the trait of ‘stickability’ and hard work, uses this as a way of covering up her inner turmoil. The Lambs reject god when Fish is brain damaged, and they alienate god and spirituality. “There they were. The Lambs of god. Except no one believes anymore…” Oriel longs for the comfort and security of her ‘mind country,’ in a similar way to Fish, yet it takes her a long time to reconcile with this tragedy.
Sandy’s mother even once called her a “Whale of flesh” (Senna 22). But, she did not care. Her attitude was not how a woman should “act” in the eyes of society. She would fight with her husband Deck all the time. They would say malicious words back and forth to
The strong effect of her silence proves to show that actions can be much greater than words. The aunt refuses to reveal the name of her baby’s father, protecting him with her silence, but as a complement she is persecuted and shunned from her society. She “may have gone to the pigsty as a last act of responsibility: she would protect the child as she had protected its father.” (15) This “No Name Woman” fled her home and chose to give birth to her child in a pigsty where no one would be able to neither hear her nor see her, thus abstaining from having a voice and remaining in silence. However, in writing about this incident, Kingston is allowing this woman to have a potential voice by sharing her experiences with the reader(s) and expressing the position this woman was forced to go in to and by doing so, she is backing up this woman with a “community” in a sense, which portrays the greater strength a community has versus the minimal a lone individual is capable of doing. In addition, the author says that “the real punishment [of the aunt] was not the raid swiftly inflicted by the villagers, but the family’s deliberately forgetting her.” (16) Since a group of individuals, especially those that were relatively close
Marlin is very over protective of his son since Nemo is his only son because when Nemo was an egg, Marlin’s wife Coral and the rest of Nemo’s brother and sisters were killed by a barracuda. This is what caused Marlin’s fear of the open ocean. Marlin and Nemo live in a sea anemone on the Great Barrier Reef in Australia. Nemo is very curious of the open ocean. However due to Marlin’s fear of the ocean, he is resistant about Nemo going to school.
The scene the turns back to the boyfriend who can not hear her screams, because he has passed out. This also shows how isolated Chrissy is. The scene then finishes with Chrissy being pulled under the water, leaving a mess behind. This scene plays heavily on the fact that Chrissy is isolated from the rest of her group and so can’t be helped when she is being attacked by the shark. This is important, as it is present all the way through the
Though the thought of harming her parents reels Claudia from confronting them, the role of initiating intimate communication lies with the parents, which is why Claudia’s parents have failed her. As a result of their failure, the interactions between Claudia, the electrical box, and the stolen socks reveals the combined stress of anguish and lack of communication. Soon after David’s remarriage, the subsequent death of Romeo and Juliet gives insight to Claudia’s thoughts. Several nuances in the play demonstrate that within Claudia’s thoughts, her parents are symbolised by her goldfishes. The most obvious nuance is the naming of her goldfishes after a male and female from a love story (6).
For example, Maddy’s first experience in the pool at YMCA was a frightening experience, along with when she was throwing her dead fish into the pond. 3. The narrator considers herself a “non-hero” because she failed to rescue Isabel when she was drowning and declares herself as an awkward and disliked person. In a sense, she is a non-hero because of her lack of self-esteem and confidence, making it difficult for her at first to overcome her fears, both of her brother and the water. Eventually, she shows courage by conquering these tough challenges and acclimatizing to live her life in spite even of such a large obstacle as the death of a loved one.
Because of discrimination against women rights, and how society view women is nothing much than their sex slaves, Elizabeth suffered from great loss of family and love. From her experience of giving a birth to a dead baby to the point of becoming a sex worker, it perishes her hope of living in a comfortable and pleasing life. The absence of love for Elizabeth causes her to suffer from grief and catastrophe. Society against women rights prevents Elizabeth to speak up for her tragedy because she has no place and no one to blame to. Instead, she has to endure all the horrifying loss from both society and
He lands the marlin, tying his record of eighty-seven days after a brutal three-day fight, and he continues to ward off sharks from stealing his prey, even though he knows the battle is useless. Since the beginning of the story Santiago has been fight with the ocean of not being able to catch a single fish. Due this his determination and the fact that he needs to fish to survive. To Hemingway, the dignity of a man should be so important to that man, that he is willing to die for it. Most likely that is the reason Santiago went deep into sea.