The short story “What, of this goldfish, Would You Wish?’ is a emotive short story written by Etgar Keret. In this story he uses Archetype of the innocent youth being Yonatan an ambitious young documenter, he has a bombastic idea for a documentary which he decides to solely execute by himself. Yoni with his one man film crew travels from house to house, neighbourhood to neighbourhood, asking the same question to a diverse selection of people.
Yonaton would ask them a simple question: If you found a talking goldfish that granted you three wishes, what would you wish for?”. Yonatan determined and unafraid travels to the unsafe areas to get the full extent of responses from more then just one type of person. This is where the
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This trust is a trait only a young and innocent character could have. An example of this is he is unafraid as he knowingly aggravates Sergei who would not usually during a first encounter seen as someone that would tolerate Yonatan’s pushy and insistent behaviour. His character completely contrasts Sergei’s. As his perception of people is the complete opposite to Yonatan’s, he naturally assumes everyone has illintentions, and figures that no one would say or do anything to him without a ulterior motive. This is the very definition of a paranoid person. An example of this is in the very first sentence he comes in contact with Yonatan. he assumes he is a homosexual because he has a earring, he is searching for any explanations as to why someone would want to speak to him. 4 paragraphs later Sergei has come to the conclusion that Yonatan’s motive is to steal his goldfish, he feeds his paranoia with this idea.
As he becomes increasingly anxious and paranoid, his narrative became cluttered and fast paced. This trait is important to Sergei’s character because it shows that Sergei’s character is scared, it shows that he killed Yonatan out of fear, not out of violent intention or anger. This creates the controversy to whether he is a dangerous person.
Sergei’s interactions consist of him being fearful of what the persons intentions are, he cannot accept that some people speak to him without having the intention of hurting him in some way. This inevitably
To his fortune, this is no habitual goldfish. This goldfish is magical, and will grant Sergei 3 wishes. It is understood that Sergei would value this goldfish. He is very sure that this a significant aspect of his life, and wishes that no one would take the goldfish from him, ever. Within the story, the author elaborates what Sergei wants to receive from life. In a way, Sergei has substantially conflicted emotions. The story explains how much Sergei would love to receive some quiet time. However, in the same interval of time, the author explains how Sergei would also like to have a friend. It is understood that he is a lonely person. Al Sergei has ever wanted was someone to be in his life, and for him to have a friend to associate with. To his fortune, this is where the goldfish plays a role. Due to the fact that the goldfish is personified and has the ability to talk, Sergei has someone that he can confide in. He feels not offended if the fish does nothing but listen. He is just happy that he has a character to be in alliance
Sergey’s parents had two other sons. Sergey was a talented chemist; he was bound to find a good job in the U.S., where the opportunities were unlimited and success required only talent and determination. Anti-Semitism is obviously an undercurrent in the story. Marina and Sergey are both discriminated against in their professional lives for their ethnicity. It’s part of their reason for wanting to leave the U.S.S.R. And Fischer. Marina resists the idea of leaving, despite the difficulties of her life in Soviet Russia. They spent the entire winter and a good part of the spring discussing whether applying for a visa was worth the risk. In May, when the match between Spassky and Fischer was first touted in the press as a Cold War standoff, Sergey, excited, said that he was willing to let the match decide their fate. If Fischer won, they would apply for exit visas. If he lost, they would stay in the Soviet Union. Every night, Marina would wait for Sergey on the porch. His train arrived at six-fifteen. It was only two-fifteen in Reykjavík, not that she really cared what time it was in Reykjavík. Marina always marvelled at how brittle he seemed, when she slid into his arms and clasped her hands around his back. She could
In the following passage Checkov uses the winter setting to illustrate Gurov returning to his manipulative habits. The narrator, Dimitry Gurov, has recently returned from his excursion in Mata. When Dimitry travels home he is elated to find that the dream like veil his infatuation with Anna has created is lifted. The cold Russian winter in this passage is a reflection of Gurov’s internal feelings and qualities.
For 10 peaceful years he worked as a Blacksmith, minding his own business and making an honest living until he began to see his mother again. He saw her in doorways, shadows, and most prominently in his dreams. He saw her old hideous body as it was just before she died, but more alive and angry. Always saying the same thing in a low menacing voice, "Silverstein, he is still alive. Do it for me. You swore on my death-bed that you would." This continued until he could no longer work, sleep, or live peacefully. He set out the next day in search of Silverstein. He searched three years for the where a outs of his adversary. He was given a top that he joined a whaling expedition, and immediately Vladimir joined too. By a miraculous stroke of luck it was the right boat. He passed Silverstein every day knowing who he was and what he did, but Silverstein was oblivious to who was spying on him or his identity. For Silverstein remembered the small weak young boy that had once been Vladimir, not the man with a body of steel and a soul of leather, gained from years of tending to hard black iron, and living on the brink of destruction. Silverstein stayed out of the way of Vladimir due to his sheer size and
The menacing fish in the photo looks as if she is about to eat all the eggs in her mouth. The elusive creature has just emerged from her hiding place on the rocky ocean floor. She stares up at the camera from dark, black, bubble shaped eyes. Her face is smooth and scale-less, like a naked mole rat's skin. The fish’s mouth is so large, filled with fifty or more tiny sharp teeth that point in every direction. Just behind the row of teeth there are hundreds of marble sized fish eggs, delicately cradled in the space of the bass’s cheeks; However, they will be the monster’s lunch, swallowed in one big gulp. Why hasn’t she eaten the eggs yet? Instead waiting for the camera to snap a photo of her. The fish looks as if she is posing for the photographer,
He helps Raskolnikov with his mental breakdown even though they have not spoken to eachother for a while
It is late at night, when suddenly, Anatolia, a 30-year-old Ukrainian, hears a knock on his apartment door. It’s his cousin, Boris.
Pyotr spends his time anticipating for the journey to Moscow, thus generating the spiritual ability to prevail in his daily life.
The story begins with the author explaining Dmitry’s unhappiness with his life. This theme is very strong and prominent in the beginning, especially when he talks
He felt an instant level of anxiety approach. He knew he was on American soil, he couldn’t just challenge him, he was the submissive role. Vladimir worried he made a mistake with the purchase or misread, because certainly the american or the stadium or the booth he purchased from certainly wouldn’t make such an error. Was he to ask security? Or negotiate with the American. “Talk to him, maybe see if he’s a nice American.” Svetlana suggested, “This isn’t the first time miscommunication happened, just talk it out, like you would do back home, she continued. Although he wasn’t fond of Svetlana’s verbal attitude, talking
It is nearly a universal truth that any good piece of literature contains well developed characters and most authors achieve this by providing background and dialogue for the main character '?s that helps the reader to identify with each character. In "?The Lady with the Dog"? however, Anton Chekhov expresses the metamorphosis of Gurov and Anna Sergeyevna, as well as their relationship, not through dialogue, but by providing symbolism throughout the setting of the story. From the first scene through the end of the story the setting plays a crucial role in expressing the emotions of the individual characters as well as the blossoming relationship between them.
He labels those men who have these gifts and talents as extraordinary men and places himself into that category. He believes that he is the best and better than everyone else in the world. After murdering Alyona Ivanovna, something unexplainable happens to Raskolnikov:
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“Raskolnikov’s fixed and serious expression was transformed in an instance, and he broke out into the same nervous laughter as before, as if he had not the strength to control himself...After his unexpected paroxysmal outburst of laughter, Raskolnikov had become thoughtful and melancholy” (Dostoevsky 138).