Yes, It allows you to figure out on your own that
Sergei made the right decision and used his last
and final wish to save Yoni. A theme is an important idea about life or human nature expressed through a story's characters and event.
What did Sergei give up when he used his last wish?
What did Sergei give up when he used his last wish?
doesn't want to set the goldfish free. thinks there is something he'll want more in the future.
What did Sergei use his wishes on?
His wishes are
to cure his sister of cancer
, heal Sveta's son without telling Sveta how it came about, and bring Yonatan back to life even though Sergei knows he will have to set the fish free.
Did Sergei revive Yoni?
Ultimately,
Sergei revives Yoni
and, when asked the question, tells the boy that he wouldn't ask the fish for a single thing, that he'd simply talk to it.
What did Sergei do at the end of the story?
The climax is when Sergei kills Yoni and has to decide whether he will use his last wish or not. What is the end of the story ?
The goldfish grants Sergei his 3rd wish to bring back Yoni from being dead
. The goldfish now is free to go and Sergei is all alone.
Why does Sergei save his third wish for so long?
He tries to talk Sergei into using his last wish
to help Yoni so that the goldfish can leave
. … He was saving his last wish for something special and to keep the goldfish around longer so he would have someone to talk to when he came home. The last section of the story is a flash forward.
Why does Sergei not use his last wish?
Why didn't Sergei use his last wish?
He was saving it for something special.
What did Yoni wish?
It was in Bethlehem, actually, that Yonatan found his Arab, a handsome man who used his first wish to ask for
peace
. His name was Munir; he was fat with a big white moustache.
What were Sergei's first two wishes?
His wishes are
to cure his sister of cancer, heal Sveta's son without telling Sveta how it came about
, and bring Yonatan back to life even though Sergei knows he will have to set the fish free.
Are Yoni and Sergei communicating well?
Yoni and Sergei are not communicating well
because Sergei doesn't speak Yoni's language. “Sergei tells the boy, tells him in what he thinks straightforward manner, that he doesn't want it.”
Why did Sergei move to Israel?
When Sergei got to Israel and then moved to :
he could get his sleep and get up when its still dark
. He could take his little boat out into the sea and fish until he's done fishing.
Why does Yotan come to Sergei's door?
Why does Yonatan come to Sergei's door?
He has gone to the wrong apartment by accident
. He is with the KGB and has tracked Sergei from Russia. He wants to interview Sergei for a documentary film.
What did the wizened old lady ask for?
“One drawn, wizened old lady asked
simply for a child
.” “Maybe somewhere in the city some beleaguered Arab man would stand in his doorway and, looking through Yonatan and his camera, looking out into nothingness, just pause for a minute, nod his head, and wish for peace—that would be something to see.”
What made Sergei fearful and paranoid?
Sergei is trapped in his world of fear and it is human nature to fear being alone. He is dragging the fish down with him. … He is so afraid of being a lone that he convinces himself that someone is out to get his
goldfish
and kills him for it.
What is this goldfish summary?
A young boy in Israel, Yonatan, decides to make a documentary asking random people if they were to obtain a magic goldfish that gave them three wishes, what would they wish for? The boy comes across a Russian man, Sergei, who doesn't speak Hebrew very clearly, nor understands it very well.
What of this goldfish would you wish central idea?
The theme of this story is
to be careful how you spend things because you never know how you might need to use them later
.
