Sergei And The Goldfish-Personal Narrative

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Yes his reaction seems reasonable. No one would want some random kid coming into their house uninvited. Sergei’s culture deals with a lot of invasion issues and more. So therefore the kid in invading his privacy which makes sergei act unaccordingly.
The relationship between sergei and the goldfish is tight. They have a tight bond and have obviously been together forever and have been through a lot. So i can understand why Sergei doesn’t want to give him up.
I can base off Sergei’s first two wishes that he uses them for what’s right and that he careful about what his wishes are about. He keeps his last wish to keep his bond.
Yes and no. Yes because the fish has helped Sergei with a lot, but no because he is only using the goldfish right now to
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If he didn’t use the wish he would have to live with the guilt that he killed an innocent kid for the rest of his life.
I dont think it would have been better to know the details because then the readers may be more against it rather than trying to figure out what he is gonna do it and being a surprise.
The sergei isn’t very happy. His sister had cancer, his son had a huge brain problem. He has fixed all these people and he is still alone for doing the right thing.
Critical Vocabulary
You will still be thinking about it because it was a nasty blog talking badly.
You should throw them away because they are old and wrinkled up and falling apart.
The girl would show panic because she doesn’t know what’s expected and how the teachers are.
No because if he is fluent that means he knows just about everything to even live in france.
Vocabulary Strategy: Context clues
Testament; testing the reality of life. I think it is being used as a verb because they are testing which is physically doing something. Sergei has to testify his decisions and what his choice is gonna be to use the wish or not. Testament- to test

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