This Goldfish Would You Wish Summary

Diversity is said to make us unique and beautiful, yet too often it creates the ugliest conflicts. History will tell us more often than not that fundamental components of human life (race, religion, politics, culture, etc) are the root of many conflicts. Yet, people seem to make our discrepancies seem praiseworthy, and that we must accept them wholeheartedly. Although acceptance is crucial in forming a more empathetic society, it is important to recognize that one’s willingness to accept others is shaped by their past experiences and upbringing.

Characterization is the creation or construction of a character by the author. Characterization can be used effectively when the author is describing the actions or emotions or thoughts of a character to the audience.  In the story the Pit and the Pendulum by Edgar Allen Poe, he uses characterization to show that people are afraid of death, because he wants to show that everybody is going to die, and that people can't hide from it.

Characterisation is a vivid description of a person's appearance and character. This is presented through their actions, speech or thought. The novel 'A New Kind of Dreaming' by Anthony Eaton uses characterisation to portray the issue of abuse of authority and power through the antagonist Sergeant Butcher. Sergeant Butcher is a powerful high ranked policeman in the isolated town Port Barren. The author urges us to question whether we would report the crimes with the repercussions that would follow, or to keep quiet.

To begin with, in the text, “What, of This Goldfish Would You Wish”, the author, Etgar Allen, does show some acceptance. On line 55, Keret states, “Sergei Goralick doesn’t much like strangers banging on doors.” Sergei is a sensitive and irritable man who does not want to be bothered. When Yoni knocked on his door and barged in (“Until one day some kid with a ring in his ear...comes knocking. Hard like that rapping on his door.” Lines 69-70) Sergei was very annoyed and did not want to speak

A character is someone portrayed in a novel, play, or movie that represents an person. An author can create characters in many ways to show the emotional, mental, and physical characteristics of that individual. An author has an infinite amount of choices of how he or she can construct characters. Zadie Smith does just that in “The Girl with Bangs.” In “The Girl with Bangs,” Smith represents the narrator as a normal college student that falls in love with a girl, named Charlotte because of her bangs. This representation sets up a series of conflict when Charlotte’s boyfriend, Maurice, moves and Charlotte hooks up with the narrator. Maurice then moves back months later to find out that she has cheated on him with the narrator and another unknown male. The narrator later finds out that Charlotte has cheated on her with the unknown guy and then was going to choose Maurice over her, which causes a small fight about who should actually have her. This gets resolved when she shaves her head in spite of all three men. Maurice is the only one who still wants her. The narrator has clear motivation about why she wants Charlotte, she is a dynamic character, and she is a round character.

The short story “What, of this goldfish, Would You Wish?’ is a emotive short story

In the story What, of this Goldfish, Would You Wish? It shows that just because a relationship is forced it doesn’t mean that the relationship is bad and the people in the relationship can still care for each other. Sergei and the goldfish have an interesting relationship. Sergei found the fish and was granted three wishes, so the goldfish has to live with Sergei. Sergei begins to depend on the goldfish for friendship. The text says, “After the last wish, Sergei won’t have a choice. He’ll have to let the goldfish go. His magic goldfish. His friend.” (Page 8) This shows that Sergei depends on the fish for friendship. The fish on the other hand, wants to be free and it shows that in the text, “The fish swishes his fish tail back and forth in the water, the way he does Sergei knows, when he’s truly excited. The goldfish can already taste freedom. Sergei can see it on him. “ (Page 9) Although the goldfish wants to be set free he still cares about Sergei. It shows that in the text, “You killed him, Sergei,” the goldfish says. “You murdered someone-but you’re not a murderer.” (Page 8) The relationship is like my cousin, Reagan’s, and mine. We were forced to be friends because our families are so close, but we are close anyway and have a strong friendship. This relationship supports the thesis because in the story the fish and Sergei depend on each other’s friendship for company.

Characterization in a narrative is how the author creates and describes a character. The character is introduced and then explained in detail throughout the story. The two ways an author can deliver this information to the audience is through direct and indirect characterization. Direct characterization is when the author is telling the readers information about the character and what he or she is like. Indirect characterization is when the author attempts to show what the character is like and give the reader information through the character’s actions and words. Through both direct and indirect characterization, we are able to understand some of the physical attributes of the character as well as their personality. People want to know why

It is the characters that make a story and they are what convey the feeling needed for the message contained in the story. Any great writing that contains characters provides their full, rounded personalities. These personal descriptions are averaged to form the classification of each person introduced. The “good guys,” the “bad guys” and all the other titles are classifications. In example, there were many types of characters in Elie Wiesel’s “Night.” Among these are the main protagonists, antagonists, and prophetic characters.

In the story What, of This Goldfish Would You Wish? Yonatan is a man young man who is starting a documentary, In this documentary he is asking the question if you found a talking goldfish that granted you three wishes, what would you wish for? One day while knockin on a door he came across Sergei Goralicks door, When Sergei opened the door Yonatan inched his way into Sergeis home and saw his goldfish. Yonatan started screaming goldfish and quickly, Sergei grabbed the burner off the stove and hit Yonatan on the head with it killing him. Proving the point that people don't accept others who are different from themselves. Sergei did'nt even let Yonatan explain what he was at his house for and he did'nt even try to nicely attempt to nicely remove Yonatan from his home.

Being understanding and accepting of others can’t be useful in establishing positive relationships with those that are different from us. I the short story “What of This Goldfish, Would you Wish?” by Etgar Keret, the characters show how they do and do not accept people who are different. In the short story “ the wife's story” by Ursla k. Le Guin, the characters reveal that they're not accepting of people who are different than them. Lastly in from texas v.s johnson a majority court opinion by William J. Brennan, there are examples of acceptance of those who are different.

Tolerance is the ability or willingness to tolerate the existence of opinions or behavior that one dislikes or disagrees with. In the short story What, of This Goldfish, Would You Wish? by Etgar Keret, a newspaper editorial: American Flag Stands for Tolerance by Ronald J. Allen, and Night by Elie Wiesel the characters in these passages had very little to no tolerance for at least one person or more. The quote “We, as human beings, must be willing to accept people who are different from ourselves.” by Barbara Jordan, was supposed to refer to the passages because they both have one word that can fit with both of them which is tolerance.

Character can be defined as the combination of qualities or features that distinguishes one person, group, or thing from another.  Authors usually embrace a distinct choice of personality on a character to make them stand out in a story.  In "A & P" by John Updike, Sammy starts off as a young man discontent with his ordinary adult surroundings and moves to his need to change it. Throughout the story, Sammy describes and interprets the scenes around him, consequently revealing his own character, by which can be related through the use of Thomas Chou's Ennegram, to distinguish his personality type.

Characters are one of the most important parts of a story. Each character’s traits can be viewed as something different. One character could be joyful and excited while another could be grumpy and mean. A character’s traits can reveal a lot about them. In most cases, authors use different figures of speech or events to reveal a character’s traits.

Characterization is how the characters in the text are viewed and developed as the text expands. For this, I will consider the character, Nyla (purple). Nyla is an innocent girl with dull eyes and voice. Her innocence is revealed as tells of her first time sex encounter and also in her lack of understanding of her mum and sister’s relationship. Her confession of sex to an older man is like that of a young misled child. She is ignorant of the world and its dangers. She just completed high school and is very excited, happy to lose her virginity to childhood sweetheart. Reality drowns on her when she finds out she is pregnant and needed to abort. Her innocence gives her away when she tries to