“These are now so desperate for any hope, they saw what signs and promises they wanted to see. Don’t we all see them? We wait for signs that we will be saved, or protected from future harm. Excellent luck. (pg. 266) Life is full of illusions, like ourselves We see them in the way we perceive the world around us.
Amy Tan introduces readers to the Asian world of traditions, spirits and Karma. In “Saving Fish from Drowning,” the ghost of Bibi Chen, a San Francisco socialite, tells the story of twelve of her friends on vacation and abduction in China and Burma. Bibi’s sudden death, before leaving for vacation, gives him the “Mind of Others”, a Buddhist meaning that he can hear others’ true thoughts and feelings. This new feature allows readers insight into the raw emotions of twelve friends. When each character is known the very truth of human affection and basic demand is exposed.
To go back to the beginning, within the human illusion to survive. We see what we need to see to make it acceptable. Twelve tourists show this when Stone Bells visiting China Stone Bells They have forgotten the beauty, the history and the dangerous laws protecting the holy land. Everyone sees the playground in which they do it.
They want to enjoy themselves, live out their modern dreams that they feel are laziness, while at the same time trampling on the traditions and concerns of the inhabitants of the land. When they were cursed, it was funny. To those who bring them tumultuous on their journey, they return to the unknown.
As tradition dictates, it is especially important for people to please the Nats (disliked destructive and destructive spirits) passing into the shrine. Americans only want to believe what they see, most of them deny that the Nats are even the slightest bit clueless. This not only angers the nats, but also the residents. Travelers cannot see past their materialism and adapt their ideals to new circumstances.
Burma, whose name has been changed to Myanmar by the government, has strict and non-exempt laws for both citizens and tourists. Any illegal activity, especially speaking against the government or reporting an act of the government, can be fatal. If it becomes deadly, the Myanmar government has ways to cover up its actions. Travelers feel foolishly above the law, robbed of American freedom. They had heard horror stories about Burma’s violent history; massacres, the destruction of officials, entire villages and many violations of human rights.
But the Americans believed that it was done once. Their simplicity alone cannot be faulted. Myanmar’s government is known for masking the truth and leaving citizens with threats of death or little damage to their rights. The Myanmar government is not fond of Americanism, banning American music and such. Yet the greedy government allows American tourists to come to Burma. Tourism has a unique hope for economic survival.
The Karen tribe, a secretive nation hiding from the Myanmar government, illustrates the human survival instinct of using illusions. This small tribe hides in the depths of the unknown rainforest, with only a hand made bridge connecting them to humanity. For decades they waited for the return of their god, whom they felt saved them by restoring power. Their story begins in the year 1800, with a slick, card-carrying trickster. He believes in three magical arts and spirits, convincing him that he is God. After his passing, many missionaries came and added their own religious compositions.
The Karen people firmly believed that the “reincarnated white brother” would return to bring them power after everything was stripped away. through the empire of Africa. In view of this, almost all of his beloved parishioners fled to the rain forest under the guns of the Myanmar army. Only a few of the tribes ventured to bring labor and supplies to the culture, lowering the bridge and covering the passerby. These men were watching all tourists entering the country in the hope of finding a true “white brother”.
When Bibi Chen’s friends get together from afar, he is there to witness a young member of the Karen Tribe doing card tricks< /a>. He does all kinds of magic and carries a book in which he believes the book contains many great things. The tribe’s desperation to save their nation from extinction leads them to believe that this young man is the “white brother”. After much planning, tourists are led to the rainforest. Americans simply believe that this land is beautiful, but they were not disappointed before long.
Illusions are clear because of what the tourists in the forest are trying to do. The Karen nation looks back on its own. Both groups are devastated by the breakdown of their own delusions. They see Burma for what it is, they fear for their safety and the Karen tribe. They ask what care they have for the tribe. Through self-inquiry, each tourist rediscovers his ethical and materialistic values.
The beliefs of the Karen tribes are misleading. The foundations of their beliefs seem so incredible and false, but their own fallacies must be considered; especially survivors. Men find ways of resisting the truth, softening the truth with falsehood; as tourists convinced themselves that they were accidentally stranded in the rainforest. As the reader becomes intimate with the characters, it becomes clear that regardless of faith, status, or race, they all lived under some level of illusion.
With all the inflated reason, the truth was smothered; whether it looks at the incentive, socially, to gain acceptance or money. In the days when each traveler realized their chess pieces, seeing the world as a small package with them in it, they were blind to the truths around them. what they see through phantasies, they feel enlightenment; What he likes to do with this new look is for the reader to discover and interpret.
The story of Saving Fish from the Drowning is based on a true story, but as Amy Tan comments in “A Note to the Reader,” “Whether one believes in communication with the dead or not, readers want to suspend disbelief in being immersed in fiction. We want to believe that we have entered a world through the gates of an alien fantasy .
What is true, let the reader see at his own discretion. The reason for the truth through saving fish from drowning is human nature; how he perceives himself and those around him. This novel shows how a person reacts to his emotions or to others, physical or emotional. Why does he drop each target, and wants to be seen by those around him? If things were to be brought before him, at what cost would a man give hope? Can someone bend their reality in order to survive? And at what price?
Saving the Fish from Drowning is an excellent picture of human passion and superstition. It is a story of deception and fate. A very challenging novel that excites the senses and excites the senses.
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- ISBN 0399153012 October 2005
