Important Life lessons I learned from a Drowning Fish
When you die, would you become a ghost?
There are some perks to it, I guess — the immortality of another plane of existence, a lack of stress that goes beyond ambition. Being a ghost honestly doesn’t seem that bad.
But what is it actually like to be a ghost? Well, Amy Tan, the author of “Saving Fish from Drowning,” paints a rather simple picture: It’s lonely. Living a life full of commentary on other people and the “wrong” decisions that they make.
In the book, the narrator, Bibi Chen, finds herself in a distant afterlife, mostly only able to observe the decisions that her colleagues make during their trip abroad to China and Burma.
Frankly, Bibi is a know-it-all, criticizing all of the choices that were made throughout the trip and praising the ones that she had made before she passed.
But what does this have to do with saving fish from drowning? Well, I will argue all of it.
In fact, the only way to save fish from drowning is through one simple way.
How to Save Fish from Drowning
When questioned about the significance of the novel’s name, Tan brought up a story to illustrate its meaning.
