The Fish

Elizabeth Bishop shows that you don't need to know someone in order to recognize their pain. I liked how she spoke of the fish in detail and used characteristics of that of a human being to describe it. Elizabeth was reflecting on life in a way that most wouldn't, using a helpless fish. I see, the sea to be the world, the fish to be a human, and Elizabeth to be another human preparing to use the fish to her advantage. However, Elizabeth chose to set the fish free, maybe because she recognized something in the fish, something she could describe so articulately, something that reminded her of herself.