summary of breaded fish
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"Breaded Fish" is a poem written by A.K.Ramanujan. In this poem, he recollects how the sight of a fish, brought back his dreadful memories of a woman's dead body on the beach. The poet was served with a fish, sprinkled with bread crumbs, which was specially made for him by a lady. But the poet was unable to eat it. It was because when he looked at the fish, his memories recoiled like a cobra. He recollects seeing a woman’s dead body on beach. Like the breaded fish, the woman’s body was covered with sand particles and a piece of cloth. It was a sight of horror and dismay.
Answer: The poem is a recollection of past memories
Explanation: Attipate krishnaswami Ramanujan commonly known as A.K.Ramanujan in his poem Breaded Fish explains his past memory that attacks him when he is served a dish of breaded fish.The she in the poem may refer to his beloved one,his own mothe or any other lady which has a close connection between the dish and the memory as the dish is made by a woman and the memory which attacks the poet is also about a lady whom he saw on a beach lying dead and her body was covered by the little pieces of sand.The poet here shows mainly three things as-
1)recollection of memory
2)indian tradition ralated to women
3)clonial domination
Indian tradion is highly cricized in the poem as it shows us the picture of a woman that the poet saw in real.And because the poem is all about the dish,it is notable that this dish is a hired dish from the colonial countries.Poet here show us the domination of colonizers who were hunger for the lust of the Indian women.So from a colonial perspective the poet here shows us the affect of colonizer for which the poet even was not able to see any clothes on the body of that woman instead it was covered by sand