Etgar Keret

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. One’s capability to accept others depends greatly upon their environment. Etgar Keret delves into this topic in his short story “What, of This Goldfish, Would You Wish?”. Sergei has a questionable past and has been hurt caring for others. He is given the chance to have three wishes fulfilled and rather than spending them selfishly

For as long as humans have thrived in a society, the diversity and variety within ourselves is the main culprit of our international division. As humans, we tend to try and separate from those who are different from ourselves in expectancy of a better world to live in. The division will not bring this tranquil idea into reality, but rather prejudice and destruction among ourselves. The key to a world of positivity and peace is through the act of accepting others and their differences. People should

Wish,” by Etgar Keret, have different settings and the last wished used are contrasting, the magic talisman grants three wishes in both stories. Jacobs’ story and Keret’s story have very different settings. In Jacobs’ story, the words “without,” “parlor,” and “hark” are used (Jacobs). The way the Whites are speaking and the words that are used in the story show that they are in an earlier time period. However, in Keret’s story, it says, “Yonatan had a brilliant idea for a documentary” (Keret). A documentary

“The Goldfish” by Etgar Keret is a fiction story, that is also a parable. The Goldfish is a story that reads into the tendencies of the human race. This short story consists of a kid; Yoni, asking what people would do if they were offered three wishes. Yoni then came upon a man named Sergei. Sergei owned a magical pet goldfish that he thought Yoni would steal. He later kills Yoni and uses his last wish to bring Yoni back to life, after debating it for a while. This story shows how the horror of

challenge to choose between the devil and the deep blue sea. Ordinarily, one has to consider one’s values as well as preferred consequences in order to make the better or best choice. In the short story, “What of This Goldfish, Would You Wish?” by Etgar Keret, Sergei Goralick faced a similar conundrum. As an aloof Russian expatriate fisherman in Jaffa, Israel, his only company is a magic three wish-granting fish. But having impulsively murdered Yonatan, Goralick had to decide whether to use his last

People cheat for a variety of reasons. Although there has always been dishonesty and cheating in society, cheating seems to be more common in our world today. Many people lie and cheat to get a good grade, to save money, to make others lives easier, and to make people feel better. The big question everyone has is why do people cheat? Cheating is something we all do , but no one knows why that's why we have people like Eric Anderman and Dan Ariely who study the human behavior. They help us figure

suspicious about her wife so he went home early and checked their home and their he saw his wife hanging from above. He call for help to get his wife from there but later on he find himself hanging also while kissing her wife. "Crazy Glue" by Etgar Keret is an interesting story that left a great impact to us because

shutting them out. In the works To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, Twelve Angry Men by Reginald Rose, and “ What, of this Goldfish, Would You Wish”by Etgar Keret, the authors give examples of prejudice based on the differences in the characters throughout the stories. The short story “What, Of This Goldfish, Would You Wish” by Etgar Keret displays characters

expands, learning to reconcile with one another will only enlarged and strengthened today's society. Intolerance and tolerance were shown throughout the short stories, "The Lottery" by Shirley Jackson, "What, Of This Goldfish, Would you wish?" by Etgar Keret, and "American Flag Stands for Tolerance" by Ronald J. Allen. Each author expressed the many perspectives of discrimination, acceptance, as well as he or she share a common view about acceptance. Considering in the story, Tessie accepts the

The speaker in “What, of This Goldfish, Would You Wish?” by Etgar Keret delves into people’s dreams and their reality of living in a land where people from many cultures often contest one another to survive. This land is home to a war between Israel and Palestine, one that is transforming many lives, just like the ones in “My So Called Enemy” by Lisa Gossels. A group of girls taught to hate each other from birth, set their differences aside and come together. While these stories differ vastly through