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The Lottery portrays the theme that you should not blindly go down a path that others set for you. Complementary to that, What of This Goldfish, Would you Wish? demonstrates the them somethings are worth more than others. These two themes synthesize the idea that relationships with others are built through experience which a person gains over time. In both stories, the similarities occurred by blindly having done actions that resulted in unknown results. For example, Etgar Keret, the describes how he goes around random peoples houses and asks him personal questions. One that impacted the relationship of Yonatan was when he goes into Sergei's house, “Sergei doesn’t like this, doesn’t like that the boy is almost at it, already reaching for the jar. In this instant Sergei understands the boy didn’t come for television, what he came for, specifically is to snatch Sergei’s fish, to steal it away.” This shows how your experience with each individual changed your relationship with them. This compares relatively to The Lottery because the society blindly followed a culture that was unknown to where it came from. As said in the text, “ The original paraphernalia for the lottery had been lost long ago, …” These two blind involvements caused the relationships with the people around them to change