Topic > fisherman and his wife - 522

After reading both “The Fish Out of Water” and the fairy tale “The Fisherman and His Wife” you can easily see that the two stories have similarities. The most obvious thing is that both stories contain fishermen. However these stories may have much deeper parallels to each other. In fact I think there is definitely a moral that both “The Fisherman and His Wife” and “The Fish Out of Water” have in common. First of all, I also believe that “The Fisherman and His Wife” has more than one moral. The first and most unmistakable moral is not to be greedy because greed ultimately leads to nothing and if you are not satisfied with what you have and do not count your blessings, you will probably never be satisfied with anything you will ever get. The second moral is that you should take the initiative and choose what is best for yourself and not always listen to what others tell you. The protagonists of both stories are also very similar. The fisherman in the fairy tale “Fisherman and Wife” is, for lack of a better word, a pushover. He does everything his wife tells him to do, no matter how horrible and no matter how bad...