What Of This Goldfish Would You Wish Essay

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.

In both stories, they included wish granting fish, an important moral that is learned, and both of the main characters feared something. In “What, of This Goldfish, would You Wish?” there was “a deep-sea goldfish” that was owned by Sergei, which was able to grant three wishes, and Sergei had used those wishes for unselfish reasons. The first wish was “...used up when they discovered a cancer in his sister.” The second wish “Sergei used up five years ago, on Sveta's boy...it wasn't for Sveta that he'd done it, that he'd wished his wish purely for the boy.” The final wish was then used to save the boy that he had killed on accident. His wishes were used for good purposes and did what was right, even if it cost him and even if he feared he was going to lose his magical goldfish. Unlike “What, of This Goldfish, would You Wish?”, in the story “The Fisherman and His Wife” the wishes from the “enchanted prince” flounder was used for greed and power.

The illustrations accompany the text to allow readers to engage in critical thinking far beyond the text. At first, the little fish steals the tiny hat from the big fish when he is sleeping. Since it fits him so nicely, he wants to keep it. In fact, he says, “And even if he does wake up, he probably won’t notice that it’s gone” (Klassen, 2012). Just to be safe, the little fish decides to tell the reader where he is going to hide.

In 2004, Gourmet Magazine reached out to writer David Foster Wallace to write about the well marketed Maine Lobster Festival. Though he did express his feelings towards this event, it presumably wasn't the perception Gourmet Magazine was expecting. Blinded by the heavy amounts of sarcasm, they published it anyways. Consider the Lobster dives into the disreputable actions of people cooking and consuming lobster. Anyone who reads David Foster Wallace’s Consider the Lobster will recognize his display of emotional appeal, sarcastic tone, and irony that highlights a controversy of American beliefs of the ethicality of eating lobster.

I read “The Bass, the River, And Sheila Mant” by W.D. wetherell. This story is about a boy who has to decide whether he wants to pick the bass or Sheila. In this journal I will be questioning and (1) G pick bass or Sheila (1) Y bass (2) R love fishing R how big and important it is R ignoring Sheila Y Sheila R attractive R crush… watches R impress her G I think he will pick the bass. I wonder if the narrator of the story will pick the bass or Sheila Mant.

18 The logic of this (preference suffering) relation may be easi-est to see in the negative case.” (Wallace 64) he expresses opinions of his imagery and personification of these creatures. His “expression of preference” in regards to the lobsters “expression of preference” is personifying the lobster to a being in which he is trying to protect. At this rate lobsters will be standing on two legs and holding strike signs. He is trying to prove his argument in a matter of appealing to our emotions and trying to envelope the same feelings he has towards these creatures. What cows, chicken, pork, offer to society is on a whole other level than what lobsters give to us and with the MLF it’s a one a year

This passage from Dalton Trumbo’s novel Johnny Got His Gun shows a relationship between a father and son through a seemingly small and insignificant series of events. The short story depicts a father and his son on their annual fishing trip. The son decides that he wants to go fishing with his friend instead of his father for a change however, is very hesitant to ask. The author’s use of techniques such as point of view, selection of detail, and syntax in this passage helps to better characterize the relationship between the father and his son in a deeper and more thorough way. In Johnny Got His Gun, Dalton Trumbo uses selection of detail to emphasize the importance of specific aspects of the story.

Breanna Miller Prof.Long English 83 December 6, 2016 The Old Man And The Sea The positive thinker sees the invisible, feels the intangible, and achieves the impossible . The positive traits in good people really depends on someone's personality, you can’t also judge a book by its cover. In the book Ernest Hemingway it tells a story of an old man named Santiago who, is in some form of unlucky, he is also known to be the worst fisherman. But, a young boy named Manolin, who once fished with the old man, Santiago. His parents told Manolin that the old man is an unlucky

He puts effort into teaching Doodle to walk and swim, but even then he is cruel to his brother. He is not helping Doodle out of compassion but because it is more convenient in the long run. However he can not abandoned Doodle quick enough when Doodle fails his expectations. Ambition can be valuable but ambition is most valuable in the face of adversity. If the narrator had handled his disappointment in Doodle with poise his brother would not be dead.

Olivia’s symbolism through the blue fish is also prevalent through blue’s symbolism of loyalty and trust. If the fish is Olivia, its loyalty and trust are evident through its tapping on the goggles, where she is showing Timothy that she appreciates his rescue attempts, but his services simply aren’t needed any longer. Finally, in literature’s classic context of the color, blue represents sadness. Since Glow Worm Grotto is the last possible place near the island that Olivia’s body could be found, the lack of a corpse for the brothers could result in sadness and a feeling of towards the locating of

Henry Limpet is a shy bookkeeper that loves fish. He has a friend named George Stickle who decides to enlist in the United States Navy. Mr. Limpet also tries to enlist but is rejected due to his physical physique. Feeling upset Henry travels to Coney Island where he accidentally falls into the water. Ironically he can’t swim and when he doesn’t resurface his wife and friend George assume he drowned.

These are the reasons I think the narrator will pick the bass or Sheila. Here are some reasons why I think he will pick the bass. When reading the story I could tell the boy loved to fish a lot. He would try hiding the fish from Shelia by dragging it across underwater. He tried not to lose the fish cause he thinks it is the biggest one he had got.

He wanted to but he was afraid. His father comes down to see him and helps him to swim. Sonny’s father takes him on his boat out to a sand bar. After several tries Sonny gave up. He wasn’t as good of a swimmer as his father but his father talks to him about Sonny’s mother and how she would have taught him.

Lennie cares about George. Lennie always wanted to be with George because, he needed a companion, but he may have trusted him a bit too much. “I turn to Lennie and say jump in and he jumps, couldn’t swim a stroke. He damn near drowned. "(Steinbeck, 40) Lennie is dumb, but listens to George because he trusts him and Lennie gets hurt and doesn’t get mad at George.

Thankfully my grandpas boat has a cabin so we were able to stay nice and toasty on the way out. It was a fantastic experience that you would not experience fishing in California. The fish are tough to pull in when you’re only 8, you just reel it in and fight as hard as you can to try and keep hold of the pole. Then when you finally win the battle and have the fish in the boat the feeling is amazing, you are surprised you accomplished it and anxious to eat it later in the day. Later that year, I asked my grandpa to take me fishing for my birthday, and we had an amazing time.