What, Of This Goldfish Would You Wish?

In the “What, of this Goldfish, would you wish?”, one of the protagonists named Yoni, is a cynical person who wants to get money from everyone. In the story, Yonatan is a mercenary who has a “genius idea” and will try to benefit economically as much as he can from people’s emotions. Instead of helping people, he uses their rawness and melancholy stories to benefit from it. The narrator in the story, stated that out of this idea instead of helping people, “Even better, maybe he’d cash out…” (Keret 4). He saw the project as an idea which has never been done before, and an opportunity to gain money. Furthermore, Yoni knew where people were suffering the most to get desperate stories, that will get watcher’s attention. He is a character who takes
As the story progresses, the author decided to shift the focus to another character named Sergei. He is an abnegate character who will put people’s lives before his own. As the narrator tells the story of how Sergei used his first wish, he stated that, “The first wish, Sergei used up when they discovered a cancer in his sister.” (Keret 7). As he discovers that someone he loves is suffering from cancer, he puts the health of that person first, and uses one of his three wishes to save his sister. In addition, Sergei demonstrates this trait once again, when he chooses to resurrect someone over his loneliness. He realizes that his impulses turned him into a murderer, when his impulses pushed him to kill Yoni due to desperation. As he is such an isolated person, he decided to use his last wish to save Yoni’s life and let the goldfish be free, and giving his only companion away. The goldfish tried to persuade him to bring Yoni back to life, when he said, “You murdered someone but you’re not a murderer.” (Keret 8). As he makes his decision, Sergei clearly displayed his abnegation, as he resurrected Yoni from the dead, who is a cynical person and will keep using people. Meanwhile, he stays lonely as he finally had to release the