The Significance of Color in the Story Yellow Fish

The Significance of Color in the Story Yellow Fish

The Significance of Color in the Story Yellow Fish

The Significance of Color in the Story Yellow Fish

Yellow Fish’ is a metaphorical short story by Ambai (C.S. Lakshmi) written on the theme of a woman’s craving for liberation from male supremacy. The plot of the story sets on the seashore and the depiction of the sea and water have played a significant role in revealing the inner motives and purpose of the characters of the story.

The story begins with a vivid and realistic description of the seashore. The writer tells us that it was a Summer evening. The sand of the shore felt hot. Away to the left of the shrunken sea and spent waves, the sand spread like a desert. The fishermen were returning from their fishing hunt. One among the fishing boats had arrived on the shore. Its colour was white and floated like a swan, swaying from side to side. The fisherwomen were ready to welcome the boats. They were wearing saris of various colours as blinding indigo, domestic red, profound green, and assaulting blue. They stood vibrant against the white boat upon a faded blue and ash-grey sea.

One by one all the fishing boats arrived at the shore. The boats were replete with fishes. The fishermen spread their nets and began sorting the fishes. The fishes seemed to splash into plastic troughs. Their round eyes looked to be wide open. The unwanted fishes were thrown away. Among the unwanted fishes, there was a yellow fish. It was also thrown away on the sand. It had some black spots. As the narrator stooped to watch the yellow fish, it began to shudder and leap for survival. The mouth gaped and closed and tossed about on the hot sand to get into the water of the sea.  Seeing the yellow fish, the memory of Jalaja, came to the narrator’s mind.

Thus the sea and water stand for life and the revival of life. 0 0 0

The Significance of Color in the Story Yellow Fish

Read More: Ambais’ Short Stroy Yellow Fish-An Analytical Study

N. B. This article entitled ‘The Significance of Colour in the Short Stroy ‘Yellow Fish’ originally belongs to the book ‘World Short Story Criticism‘ by Menonim Menonimus. The Significance of Color in the Story Yellow Fish

Books of Literary Criticism by M. Menonimus:

1. World Short Story Criticism
2. World Poetry Criticism
3. World Drama Criticism
4. World Novel Criticism
5. World Essay Criticism
6. Indian English Poetry Criticism
7. Indian English Poets and Poetry Chief Features
8. Emily Dickinson’s Poetry-A Thematic Study
9. Walt Whitman’s Poetry-A Thematic Study
10. Critical Essays on English Poetry
11. Tawfiq al-Hakim’s Novel: Return of the Spirit-An Analytical Study
12. Tawfiq al-Hakim’s Novel: ‘Yawmiyyat Naib Fil Arayaf’-An Analytical Study
13. Analytical Studies of Some Arabic Short Stories
14. A Brief History of Arabic Literature: Pre-Islamic Period …