What Of This Goldfish Would You Wish Essay

Based on “What of this Goldfish Would you Wish”, “The American Flag Stands for Tolerance”, and my own experience, our relationships with others define who we are by showing what we are passionate about. In “What of this Goldfish Would you Wish?” By. Etgar Keret Yoni, a young man is intrigued in making a documentary so he can knock on doors and ask people what they would wish for if they had three wishes from a magical goldfish. Yoni is interested to examine the different answers and to document all of it. Yoni is hoping the maybe even his documentary could be on the discovery channel. “Until one day some kid with a ring in his ear… comes knocking. Hard like that-rapping at his door. Just the way Sergei doesn’t like.”(70). In this scene, …show more content…
In this part of the story there is a relationship between Yoni and Sergei. Yoni is outside of Sergei’s house while Sergei is inside his house not wanted to open his door to Yoni. Yoni is displaying his passion by knocking so hard on the door so Sergei cannot decline his offer. Yoni is so passionate about getting into Sergei’s house “Hard like that-rapping at his door” that he will do anything to get in. Sergei is confused “unable to think clearly; bewildered” why this boy Yoni is knocking so hard “with a great deal of effort” on his door. Yoni’s “hard” knocking shows his passion because he has an outburst of strong emotion to get into Sergei’s house. The definition of define is “state or describe exactly the nature, scope or meaning of”. Yoni is knocking so “hard” on Sergei’s door out of passion which reveals that he is persistent with his passion and he will keep on using his strong emotion until he gets into Sergei’s house. In conclusion our relationships with others define who we are by …show more content…
Yoni being “slippery” shows his passion by being unpredictable and going into Sergei’s house to pursue his documentary. The definition of define is “to show or describe (someone or something) clearly and completely”. Yoni is being “slippery” getting into Sergei’s because he is passionate which reveals that he is unpredictable with his passion and he will keep on behaving in a way that is not predictive throughout the journey of him pursuing his documentary. In conclusion, our relationships with others define who we are by passion. Not only do we see Yoni’s personality defined by passion by his engagements in his relationship with Sergei, but we also see Sergei’s personality as well. When an unpredictable situation came up between Yoni and Sergei, Sergei’s engagements showed that he is an intimate person in his relationship with Yoni. In the “American Flag Stands for Tolerance” by Ronald J. Allen, Allen states his whole opinion on the case of the American Flag in his newspaper editorial. “The crucial distinction is that the commitment to freedom of conscience and expression states the simplest and least self contradictory principle that seems to capture our aspirations. Any other principle is hopelessly