consider the story The Big Fish as a critique of global capitalism
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The Big Fish' written by N.P Hafiz Mohamad is a powerful critique of globalization. Here in this story Hafiz mohamad has used 'the big fish's as a metaphor of Western Economic imperialism which comes in the form of Globalization, Liberalization and Privatization.It is actually an American Big Fish.
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The story “The Big Fish” written by N.P.Hafiz Mohamad,is a powerful critique of global capitalism.It is a perfect example to explain the secret and hegemonic workings of globalisation.As elucidated by the author, globalisation offers new prospects to the third world underprivileged people,but it in destroys their traditional systems and way of life.Finally being carried away by the new prospects of the new imperialism which alike exploit their despair and greed,they become nowhere men or nonexistent beings in global scenario.The metaphor of the fish is a very original and competent one to explain the traps and tricks of globalisation.Though the story is written in a very mundane and local dialect,each of its lines speaks for volumes. . The protagonist of the story ‘Alassankutty’,is a simple and noble man.When the story begins we see Alassankutty talking with the small fishes in his pond.He is quite as he enjoyed what he did.every day after morning prayer he comes with some rice flour.He puts it in the pond and the small fish come to the surface in groups as if to dance and show their happiness to their provider or food. But his wife mariam is more ambitious .She wants her daughter to be married in a good way ,her son to be educated in a good college and live comfortably .Then come the Temptation in the person of the visitor who tells them to join the fish growing collective.The pond is cleaned and disinfected.After a week the big fish is placed in the pond .Slowly we find that small fish are all eaten up by the big fish .We See the big fish getting fatter by eating the small fish .Alassan’s Joy is gone and he is even afraid of terrifying glint on the teeth of the big fish.