Part 1 of Essay
From the onset of civilization, society has increased its capabilities in the quest for survival. Methods of achieving fundamental needs have been belittled through modernization. In 1946, a time period defined by abundant technological advancement, Elizabeth Bishop describes the art of capturing a fish from water, an ac ....

Part 2 of Essay
.... inner thoughts, and its advancement into the conscious environment creates extreme pain. Like the fish, most creatures can exist only in an aquatic condition, or a terrestrial condition, just as an individual's thoughts can occupy either a cognizant or a subliminal setting. Next, as the speaker attempts to look into the fish’s eyes, the vision is “seen through the lenses of old scratched isinglass” (Bishop 1211). Isinglass, a product from the internal organs of fish used to produce windows, ....