This Goldfish Would You Wish Analysis
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In the best interest of society, people’s differences should be accepted since there is a lot of diversity. Thus, diversity can help society get a better understanding of others’ difference in values and opinions. This allows the community to become tolerant and understanding, which strengthens societies. However, society has to consider the safety of the people by putting a limit toward their acceptance of diversity. Without limits, people become deluded into thinking they can do whatever they want, which may include hurting others; however, being able to accept others differences will also help benefit the community’s growth. There are many different values and perspectives, which should be accepted to allow mankind to succeed. …show more content…
Some differences that society should not accept are fights and misunderstandings like in “The Wife’s Story,” when the wolves killed the husband because he was different, and they thought he was about to harm their pack (Le Guin 110,127-129). When there is a huge diversity in society, it creates misunderstandings since people fear the unknown. The wolves killed the husband because they didn’t understand what the husband was going to do. Diversity can cause society to be in a war and lead people to their death. In the story, “What, of This Goldfish, Would You Wish?”, Sergei misunderstood the situation and thought Yoni was going to steal his goldfish, so Sergei killed Yoni (Keret 102-103). When Sergei wished for Yoni to come back alive, it showed how Sergei regrets his decision due to a misunderstanding. In other words when society has misunderstandings, they tend to do irrational things. When society doesn’t limit the acceptance of differences, then the situation could be worse. To allow society to continue to be safe, society should work to enforce laws to prevent issues from arising. Different appearances and methods can cause society to cause problems such as killing one
In the best interest of society, people’s differences should be accepted since there is a lot of diversity. Thus, diversity can help society get a better understanding of others’ difference in values and opinions. This allows the community to become tolerant and understanding, which strengthens societies. However, society has to consider the safety of the people by putting a limit toward their acceptance of diversity. Without limits, people become deluded into thinking they can do whatever they want, which may include hurting others; however, being able to accept others differences will also help benefit the community’s growth. There are many different values and perspectives, which should be accepted to allow mankind to succeed. …show more content…
Some differences that society should not accept are fights and misunderstandings like in “The Wife’s Story,” when the wolves killed the husband because he was different, and they thought he was about to harm their pack (Le Guin 110,127-129). When there is a huge diversity in society, it creates misunderstandings since people fear the unknown. The wolves killed the husband because they didn’t understand what the husband was going to do. Diversity can cause society to be in a war and lead people to their death. In the story, “What, of This Goldfish, Would You Wish?”, Sergei misunderstood the situation and thought Yoni was going to steal his goldfish, so Sergei killed Yoni (Keret 102-103). When Sergei wished for Yoni to come back alive, it showed how Sergei regrets his decision due to a misunderstanding. In other words when society has misunderstandings, they tend to do irrational things. When society doesn’t limit the acceptance of differences, then the situation could be worse. To allow society to continue to be safe, society should work to enforce laws to prevent issues from arising. Different appearances and methods can cause society to cause problems such as killing one