Pain, the Real Deal of LifeDuring the process of growing up, we are taught to believe that life is relatively colorful and rich; However, if this view is correct, how can we explain why literature illustrates the negative and painful feeling of life? So, pain is inevitable; as it increases it cannot be hidden. From the moment we are born into the world, people suffer from different types of pain. Even though we believe there are so many happy things around us, these things are heartbreaking. The poems "Tips from My Father" by Carol Ann Davis, "Not Waving but Drowning" by Stevie Smith, and "The Fish" by Elizabeth Bishop convey the pain of growing up, painful fictions, and even life itself. The poem “The advice of childhood pain, of lover's betrayal, during the period of life countless secrets are deposited which cannot possibly be shared and understood by others. Are we gradually becoming the dead man? To be kind people, especially quite sensitive ones, the only way to encourage them to stay in the world is to kill their nerves and pretend to be happy like others. However, when there are so many secret sorrows to hide, the sea of ​​sorrow will drown them, but they always pretend to be happy. The last poem "The Fish" illustrates the pain of life itself. The skin, the blood, the innards, everything about the fish is depicted vividly and dramatically. The poet seems to share the same pain as the fish who observes the scene and enjoys its detail just as he enjoys a work of art. The poet lets the fish go because he is totally touched by the process between life and death; she loves life but in the meantime she is deeply hurt by life. In the poem the fish is not afraid of him; the will to live is in the moving and tragic details when faced with it