During the unit Ourselves and Others the theme of acceptance was not present in the stories that we read. In the short story “What, of This Goldfish, Would You Wish?” By Etgar Keret. During the book Sergei must decide whether to accept someone or to not accept someone who he should not fear. First in the book the boy is interviewing Sergei. “Until one day some kid with a ring in his ear… comes knocking”(70) That section of the book you can tell Sergei does not like the fact this boy is at his door. Soon the boy enters the house because he sees a goldfish. Sergei feels threatened so, he cracks the boy over the head with a pan and kills him. Sergei killed the boy because he felt pressured by someone who is diverse than himself. He did not accept
