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What Of This Goldfish Would You Wish Summary

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Hilana Ibrahim What if everyone in the world was exactly alike? What if everyone looked the same, talked the same, acted the same, listened to the same music, and watched the same T.V. shows? The world would be extremely dull! I believe it’s important to accept people for who they are. We see each other differently but we should be willing to accept those differences. This was the theme of all the selections that we have read. This idea plays out best in “what of this goldfish would you wish”, “texas vs. johnson”, and “eye of the beholder”. Sometimes the right choice is the hard choice. In the story “What of this goldfish would you wish”,Sergei first kills the kid by accident. Then he argues with his fish about what he is going to use his third wish on and the fish tells him “if, on this, you won’t waste a wish, then tell me, sergie, what is …show more content…

eye of the beholder is a story that talks about Janet Tyler. it startes out when she is in hospital having undergone treatment to make her look “normal. It 's her 11th time undergoing surgery for treatment and she is desperate to look like everyone else.If not, her doctor told her she will be segregated with a colony of similar looking people”. when the bandages are removed. the reaction of the doctor and nurses are of horror and shock. The procedure failed and her face hasn 't changed. then The camera pulls back to reveal that she is actually normal. and the doctor, nurses and other people in the hospital are revealed to be ugly or hideous looking from our perspective. Now there are questions that comes to mind. Where is this place, and when is it? What kind of world where ugliness is the norma and beauty is the deviation from that norm. well the answer is “Beauty is in the eye of the beholdr. all that being said we need to know that everybody is beautiful in there own way, everybody has different styles and tastes and see beauty in their own way but we should accept people regardless of ethnicity, looks, or

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