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The Rainbow Fish Theme Analysis EXAMPLE
by Miss DuPont
Have you ever been jealous of another person’s dazzling good looks? This problem happens in middle school all of the time. In the book, The Rainbow Fish, by Marcus Pfiester, a fish named Rainbow Fish, the protagonist, is full of sparkly scales and all of the fish in the sea are jealous of her. Rainbow Fish is so caught up in her own beauty, that she does not realize why she doesn’t have any friends. Rainbow Fish seeks advice from wise creatures of the sea to find out why she can not be happy even though she is so beautiful. She gets advice to be generous and make friends with the fish; so Rainbow Fish gives her scales to the other fish. The more she gave away, the happier she became. Many themes were shown in The Rainbow Fish, such as beauty, friendship, and pride. Overall, the book proved the theme that it is more important to be generous, than to be beautiful.
It’s hard to believe, but even though Rainbow fish was so beautiful, she was very unhappy. For example in the exposition, Rainbow fish was admiring herself and her beauty when she realized she was very lonely and actually unhappy. “What good were the dazzling, shimmering scales if there was no one to admire them?” (p. 4). This shows that Rainbow fish was starting to realize that beauty was not the key to happiness, and she knew she needed to create a change in her life. She later learns that she is happy because of her generosity to make the other fish beautiful, not because the other fish are there to admire her beauty.
You’ll soon see that Rainbow fish realizes her mistakes in life, and she tries to make a change. During the rising action, Rainbow fish seeks out the advice of wise creatures in the sea for advice on how to change. She asks the wise octopus and he gives her a lesson that will change her life. He tells her to give other fish some of her scales. “You will no longer be the most beautiful fish in the sea, but you will learn what it means to be happy,” (p. 10). This illustrates that the octopus is prompting Rainbow Fish to be generous to the other fish because it is more important to be generous than beautiful, and that is where the Rainbow Fish will find true happiness.
So, you want to understand how Rainbow Fish found true happiness? In the resolution, she ended up giving away all of her beautiful scales to the fish, so each of them felt beautiful too! She became less beautiful, but her generosity showed the other fish that she was nice after all. Rainbow fish felt happy because she now had friends. “The more scales she gave away, the more delighted she became,” (p. 16). This proves that Rainbow fish no longer cared about being beautiful, and realized that generosity was indeed more important than having beauty. In fact, she became more and more happy the more she gave away.
Beauty on the inside, like generosity, is more important than being beautiful on the outside. Rainbow fish learned a hard lesson about how selfish she was when she only focused on her own beauty. Once she realized that she could bring happiness to others by sharing her beauty, she became more happy herself. When she made friends by giving away her scales, she realized that it is more important to be generous than to be beautiful. Think about how you are treating others around you. Not all of us are fabulously beautiful on the outside, but what is important is the beauty that comes from within you. Are you generous to those around you? If not, learn from The Rainbow Fish, and make a change so you may become delighted too.
by Miss DuPont
Have you ever been jealous of another person’s dazzling good looks? This problem happens in middle school all of the time. In the book, The Rainbow Fish, by Marcus Pfiester, a fish named Rainbow Fish, the protagonist, is full of sparkly scales and all of the fish in the sea are jealous of her. Rainbow Fish is so caught up in her own beauty, that she does not realize why she doesn’t have any friends. Rainbow Fish seeks advice from wise creatures of the sea to find out why she can not be happy even though she is so beautiful. She gets advice to be generous and make friends with the fish; so Rainbow Fish gives her scales to the other fish. The more she gave away, the happier she became. Many themes were shown in The Rainbow Fish, such as beauty, friendship, and pride. Overall, the book proved the theme that it is more important to be generous, than to be beautiful.
It’s hard to believe, but even though Rainbow fish was so beautiful, she was very unhappy. For example in the exposition, Rainbow fish was admiring herself and her beauty when she realized she was very lonely and actually unhappy. “What good were the dazzling, shimmering scales if there was no one to admire them?” (p. 4). This shows that Rainbow fish was starting to realize that beauty was not the key to happiness, and she knew she needed to create a change in her life. She later learns that she is happy because of her generosity to make the other fish beautiful, not because the other fish are there to admire her beauty.
You’ll soon see that Rainbow fish realizes her mistakes in life, and she tries to make a change. During the rising action, Rainbow fish seeks out the advice of wise creatures in the sea for advice on how to change. She asks the wise octopus and he gives her a lesson that will change her life. He tells her to give other fish some of her scales. “You will no longer be the most beautiful fish in the sea, but you will learn what it means to be happy,” (p. 10). This illustrates that the octopus is prompting Rainbow Fish to be generous to the other fish because it is more important to be generous than beautiful, and that is where the Rainbow Fish will find true happiness.
So, you want to understand how Rainbow Fish found true happiness? In the resolution, she ended up giving away all of her beautiful scales to the fish, so each of them felt beautiful too! She became less beautiful, but her generosity showed the other fish that she was nice after all. Rainbow fish felt happy because she now had friends. “The more scales she gave away, the more delighted she became,” (p. 16). This proves that Rainbow fish no longer cared about being beautiful, and realized that generosity was indeed more important than having beauty. In fact, she became more and more happy the more she gave away.
Beauty on the inside, like generosity, is more important than being beautiful on the outside. Rainbow fish learned a hard lesson about how selfish she was when she only focused on her own beauty. Once she realized that she could bring happiness to others by sharing her beauty, she became more happy herself. When she made friends by giving away her scales, she realized that it is more important to be generous than to be beautiful. Think about how you are treating others around you. Not all of us are fabulously beautiful on the outside, but what is important is the beauty that comes from within you. Are you generous to those around you? If not, learn from The Rainbow Fish, and make a change so you may become delighted too.