This Goldfish Would You Wish

Based on “What, of This Goldfish, Would You Wish?”, “American Flag Stands for Tolerance”, and my own experiences, our relationships with others define who we are by revealing of our actions. Etgar Keret, author of “What, of This Goldfish, Would You Wish?”, wrote about Yoni, a young man, making a documentary, knocking on people’s doors asking what they would wish for if they had three wishes. “Hard like that - rapping at his door. Just the way Sergei doesn’t like” (5). As Yoni goes around knocking on people’s doors, he raps at Sergei’s, a russian man, in a way Sergei does not like, disrespecting Sergei’s space. As Yoni is striking at Sergei’s doors, Yoni is showing persistence and no respect towards Sergei and his personal space. Persistence is being shown …show more content…
Sergei is shown as a private person between the relationship of himself and Yoni, trying to keep Yoni out of his house. Another instance where a relationship defines who we are by revealing our actions is when Yoni goes against the wish of Sergei and the privacy he wants to keep, which will show us that Yoni can be defined as persistent. As we have seen in “What, Of This Goldfish, Would You Wish?”, Etgar Keret describes Yoni as a disrespectful person and Sergei as a very private person. When Yoni walks up to Sergei’s door, and Sergei turns him down by saying no and trying to shut the door, Yoni walks straight into Sergei’s house without permission. “But the kid is slippery, and somehow between saying no and pushing the door closed, Sergei finds that the kid is in his house” (6). Yoni goes against what Sergei wants and pushes through to enter Sergei’s house to continue making his documentary. Yoni is shown as a persistent person by slipping through the door of Sergei’s house because he disrespects Sergei’s