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How Does Lawrence Treat Animals In Fish
On the both poems, D. H. Lawrence’s “snake” and Elizabeth bishop’s “Fish,” both author mentions about animals. Both writer treated animals as animals at first, but later on, they compare those animals with human. The explanation of visual, the time when two authors think those animals as human, and the ironic feeling that both author have demonstrate that both speakers state of mind change. First of all, both speakers mention about animals look. Lawrence says, “And stooped and drank a little more, Being earth-brown, earth-golden from the burning bowels of the earth.” The way she describe snake isn’t general dangerous or disgusting snake. She described snake as natural beautiful, which is not artificial. On the next line she also says the …show more content…
On Lawrence case, she says “And I wished he would come back, my snake.” The speaker learns that snake is dangerous and disgusting from society, but she wants snake to come back after it leaves. Generally, many people get scare by snake and don’t want it, but the speaker wants it back and miss it right after it leaves. It can have two meanings, which are loneliness and his recklessness. She throws a rock to snake when snake look at her slowly and turn back. Then, she regrets because she throws a rock at the one who is thankful to come by her house. On bishop’s poem, the speaker says “until everything was rainbow, rainbow, rainbow! And I let the fish go.” She felt victory at first time she catches fish, but ironically now she feels victory or achievement by release the fish. The reason is she feels some kind of proud. For example, it could be similar as when you play a sport with other person and doesn’t matter if you win or lose, you feel satisfaction because both players played fairly and did their best. She highly respects fish’s hard times and just proud of herself by just catch tough fish. Lastly, she releases the fish and the rainbow from oil implies joy and

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