Goldfish

The reason being is because sadness can lead to a new personality that maybe not be the best thing for your life. Sergei soon realizes that this goldfish of his is much more than just any other animal. The goldfish gives him the feeling that he no longer has to endure loneliness on his own.“ ‘Maybe not,’ says the fish. ‘But apparently, it’s harder than that kid’s head.’ ‘He wanted to take you from me,’ Sergei says, almost…

How much does an advertisement effect your thoughts on a product? This advertisement for McDonald’s fish filet sandwich shows a fish bowl shaped like a square fish filet sandwich. The coloring is all light blue and inside the fish bowl is a bright gold fish. At the top of the advertisement is the words “Filet-O-Fish”, with the McDonalds logo at the bottom. The light coloring was used to depict freshness. A gold fish was also used inside the bowl, does that mean they are service gold fish…

believe in conflicts with one another, the outcome can be blown way out of proportion. In “Texas vs. Johnson,” “What, of a Goldfish, Would you Wish?,” and My So-Called Enemy, the main conflict throughout the literary pieces is just a difference of opinion. “Texas vs. Johnson” has a difference of opinion, that is brought all the way to the supreme court. In “What of a Goldfish Would you Wish” a man is driven to live by himself because he is so against this other culture. In My So Called Enemy…

Imagine a world that does not allow you to be who you are. Imagine not being able to do something you love because of the way you are, because of your sexual preference, cultural preference or ideas. What if acceptance never existed? People have a passion for being accepted in their lives. Without it, they feel like they are simply nothing. William J. Brennan, Bill Brummel, and Etgar Keret made short stories and/-or films to portray this kind of world. The idea of accepting people based upon…

beliefs. Raziah shows viewers this through her multiple attempts to own a specific goldfish. First beginning when Fereshteh refuses to pay one-hundred tomans for a goldfish when they have plenty at home. Raziah continues to give her mother reasons on why she needs one and even convinces her brother to talk to her. When her mother finally agrees she is directed to take the five-hundred tomans only to buy a goldfish nothing more. While on her way to the shop Raziah is distracted by a street act…

the most popular of them is that goldfish have very short memories of only 3 seconds. This is untrue, goldfish have a very good memory of up to 3 months or more. They are also somewhat intelligent, capable of recognizing different shapes, color, sounds, even faces. They also have personalities and traits that make them different from other goldfish, and they are also socially aware. They can even identify their shoal-mates or other fish of similar traits. Goldfish also have likes and dislikes,…

The message that love can change over a period of time is indicated in “(love song, with two goldfish)” by Grace Chui when the love between the fish dies and in “To My Dear and Loving Husband” where love can grow to be unbreakable. In the first poem, the blooming love between the two fish is described in the first few stanzas. However, the love between the two goldfish is seen to have faded away when their love is described to have “gone belly-up. His heart sinks / like a fish. He drinks / like…

that the lottery does not work, and they will eat chickweed and acorns instead of corn. Basically, it is an example of peoples’ blind willingness to accept people, and in this case, their ancestors and their traditions. The story, “What, of This Goldfish, Would You Wish?” by Etgar Keret is another story that shows Barbara’s quote. Unlike “The Lottery”,…

husband because of his physical differences and because they thought he was trying to hurt their family. The third and final short story I will be talking about is What, of This Goldfish, Would You Wish? by Etgar Keret. This story is about a man named Sergei that went around his city to ask people “if they had a magic goldfish that could grant them any 3 wishes, what would they be?” There were many different responses to the question he had been asking. One day Sergei was at home when someone…

next season. During the first season one subject fished for ten seconds using only their straw to remove the goldfish from the plate. At the end of the season, each of the remaining fish reproduced one additional fish to refill the plate with up to a total of twenty fish. Each season, after the remaining fished reproduced, an additional subject was added and given ten seconds to retrieve goldfish from the plate. After the seasons were completed the subjects could communicate before starting…