If you had the chance to have any three wishes granted, what would you wish for? In the stories ‘What of This Goldfish’ and ‘The Fisherman and His Wife’ two men were given a certain amount of wishes. Of course, the wishes came with consequences, and the characters had to have had a reason to wish of these wishes. The stories are similar and yet different in many interesting ways, and are both overflowing with hidden themes and morals. The characters of both stories made some good and bad choices for their wishes; wouldn't you! In the fictional short story ‘What of This Goldfish, Would you wish’, Sergei Goralick, a Russian hermit living in Jaffa, was fishing on one of his valued late night fishing trips, when he caught a magical goldfish that granted him three wishes. He uses his first two wishes in order to help his friends, but is hesitant to use his last. Sergei knows that when he uses his third wish, he has to let his goldfish, who is now his best friend, free. One day, a boy named Yonatan comes to Sergei's home, and asks him questions about what …show more content…
Some similarities are small, like the magic talking fish; but others, like the underlying motivation to be happy, are very important to the morals of the stories. Both Sergei and the fisherman want to be happy, Sergei wants to be happy alone on quite fishing trips, while the fisherman wants to be happy with his wife. The morals, even though they are tied together, are fairly different. For example, the theme of ‘What of This Goldfish, Would you wish’, doing the right thing, no matter the cost, is not the same as be grateful, which is the theme of ‘The Fisherman and His Wife’. Other differences include: the consequences, setting, and major character motivations. While the similarities are smaller, like the considerate personalities shared between the main characters of both
The story begins with the narrator discussing the last fish they had together named Oblomov. The narrator continues to say how Oblomov was a “victim
As the sun rises on the Great Plains, the rays gently touch Iktomi’s eyes, waking him up. Iktomi is dressed the part of a Lakota Brave, but inside he does not act the part of a Lakota Brave. He is a trickster; self-absorbed, vain and dishonest, eventually driving away any friendly smile come to be his friend. Navigating the Plains alone, he has become an outcast and constantly makes silly decisions further adding to his infamous reputation.
Another example of how they are similar is the way the authors have one main character who wants to make a difference in the laws. For example in “Harrison Bergeron” Harrison, one of the main characters is against everyone being equal and he tries to change things by breaking out of jail and going on the news live and taking off all of his handicaps and calling himself the “Emperor” and fining a girl who will stand with
A similarity between the two texts is in the way both of the conflicts are created by the main characters. An example of this is how when Mary Sue and David come to Pleasantville there are no conflicts between the people
One of the most important similarity is that both stories are well enjoyed over generations and teach great life lessons that serve the sole purpose of the
Also, the fish represent the obstacles that one may face while trying to reach their goal and shaping their ability to achieve it. This ultimately challenges them to decide whether to accept the task and grow or abandon their dreams by giving up. The girl’s the environment around her influenced her hard work ethic and her decision to have patience to accomplish her
In the story What, of This Goldfish, Would You Wish, we follow a young boy named Yonaton, who is creating a documentary. For this documentary, Yonaton goes around to people's doors and asks what they would do if a magic goldfish granted them three wishes. Most people say they would wish to better their lives, but others wish for interesting things, like to be a girl for a day. Yonaton tries to interview man in particular, Sergei. Sergei says he doesn’t want to be interviewed, but Yonaton sneaks into his house anyways.
Even though they may have shared some similarities, they also have some differences like the setting of where
Both novels share many similarities along in addition to many differences allowing for an
In Collection 1: Ourselves and Others, the stories, texts, and media we covered were all about interacting with each other. In the texts that we have read I concluded from it that people will and want to interact with people. In “What, of This Goldfish, Would You Wish?” Sergei Goralick wanted the goldfish as company and to interact with it.
Although there are many differences between the two, there are also many similarities. Like how in both the movie and the novel she outsmarts the
These novels were similar because they both took place in Germany during the Holocaust, and both of the families in the story hid a Jewish person with them to prevent them from being sent to concentration camps. Also, the protagonists in each story were both young girls who were naïve and not fully aware of the war going on around them. In their eyes, if nothing bad was happening to their direct family, life was good. However, in
How do relationships with others show our true personality? The way we communicate with others, views how people see us. In the story “ What of this Goldfish do you wish?” by Etgar Keret’s. Shirley Jackson’s “ The Lottery” and Diane Glancy’s “ Without Title”.
Although, they have similarity, the two stories has major differences also. First, both author differs the way they introduce and develop their lead characters to the reader. Second, they also differ in perspective from which their stories are being told. Third, they differs on the choice of settings and how it impact to the stories.
The novel, The Old Man and the Sea, is a story about an old man, Santiago, who experienced great adversity but did not give up. The author, Ernest Hemingway, describes how an old man uses his experience, his endurance and his hopefulness to catch a huge marlin, the biggest fish he has ever caught in his life. The old man experienced social-emotional, physical, and mental adversity. However, despite the overwhelming challenges, he did not allow them to hold him back but instead continued to pursue his goal of catching a fish with determination. Santiago’s character, his actions and the event in the novel reveals an underlying theme that even when one is facing incredible struggles, one should persevere.