This Goldfish Would You Wish

The Positive Side In People's Differences

“It is not our differences that divide us. It is our inability to recognize, accept, and celebrate those differences.”(Audre Lorde). This quote was written by an African American female writer who was a civil rights activist. It shows that variations are not the only factor that separates society, it is the lack of ability to know our differences. Accepting others who are different than yourself may lead to positive and negative factors. The growth of knowledge in the real world and the creation of good friendships are positive factors of why people should accept others who are different than themselves. However, the limitation of a culture in society can also be a negative reason of why others should

For example, the author says, “Yonatan could hardly imagine what people were dreaming of in the development towns and collective along the northern border, in the West Bank settlements and Arab villages, the immigrant absorption centers full of broken trailers and tired people left to broil out in the desert sun.”(2) Here, Yonatan, the main character, did not know much about how differently people view the world. After asking a couple of people of his neighborhood what they would wish for, most of them responded with “health, money, bigger apartments, either to shave off a couple of years or a couple of pounds” However, he asked others to answer the question and an old Holocaust survivor just wanted the Nazis to take accountability of what they did. This quote demonstrates that because Yonatan went and asked a variety of people about their wishes, his knowledge of others desires grew. Yonatan found out that because of the people's past experiences, those experiences would determine what they wanted to wish for. People say that when meeting someone, the person can be taught something new. When people are curious about others and ask the right questions, they can learn a lot of interesting things. A person will never know, they might get a spark of inspiration or a brilliant insight from someone when they least expect it. The creation of positive friendships is also a reason why people should accept others who are different than