We have talked about the significance of the number 3, and we have mentioned in passing how there is a motif in literature for things to come in threes. One example is the idea of a genie granting 3 wishes.
Watch the following video, where people discuss what they would wish for:
If you had the chance, what would you wish for? Why? (of course you can't wish for more wishes!)
Write your answer in a comment below :)
if i had a wish i think i would wish to be succesfull and be loved by who i care about. and if i can dream a little bit, i wish to have mi own restaurant and even hotels all over the world. and i wish people to be more tolerant with their pears.
ReplyDeleteVery nice, Guadalupe, but you definitely made more than 3 wishes!
DeleteIf i had 3 wishes, in addition to world peace, I would ask that Racing club is world champion , and a robot dressed as Michael Jackson .
ReplyDeleteI very much agree with your first two wishes, though I'm not quite sure I get the third...
DeleteIf I had three wishes, they will be to be for a month in a Theme Park, with a lot of roller coasters only for me, i love this attraction and the adrenaline this made to me. Another it will be to be a successful doctor in the future, i would love to be famous for my job, and finally i would love to hav an Audi, the car. I'm fanatic of cars and that brand is which i like most now.
ReplyDeleteGreat, now wouldn't you rather spend a month in a Theme Park with your friend, or someone rather than have it all for yourself? I get the feeling that after the first couple of days, you'd get quite bored, rollercoasters and all!
Deleteyes, i didn't think about it, to be with a friend it will be amazing!
DeleteIf i had three wishes, sure, they will be to play in Los Pumas, to win The Rugby Championship and to win The Copa Libertadores with Racing, I am a fan of rugby and Racing
ReplyDeleteVery nice, Valentin!
DeleteIf I had three wishes I will choose the possibility to travel the world, especially travel to India, Dubai or Israel. Another wish It will be happy with my friends and family. And the last It will be successful in my profession.
ReplyDeleteFantastic!
DeleteIf I had three wishes...
ReplyDelete1) I wish I could be able to speak lots of languages perfectly. I love languages and being able to communicate with anyone in the world would be fantastic!
2) I wish I could be a famous writer (And I would be able to translate my own stories! yay!)
3) I wish I was able to fly. (I know it can sound like a silly wish, but since I was a little girl, I remember having dreams about me flying. When I woke up I thought that if I tried hard enough I could be able to fly, hahahaha)
Quite interesting! It got me thinking that for some reason, it is so hard to become a FAMOUS writer... even those who are brilliant writers don't achieve fame. If you think about it, only a handful of writers from our country have become famous, the rest remain 'underground' or 'niche'
DeleteYes, I totally agree. Even though we have so fantastic Argentinian writers, only a few of them are worldwide famous. I think that this is because people are more accustomed to read 'best-seller' foreign stories. I'm not saying that a best-seller is not a worth reading book, but there are different kinds of best-seller. You will surely differentiate between a book like the 'Unbearable Lightness of Being' by Milan Kundera… and a book like 'Twilight' by Stephanie Meyer. Nowadays writers become famous just because the population impact and not because the actual content of the stories :( I really wish that people would know how to appreciate these things!
DeleteWell, yes, but if you think about it, what is considered 'good literature' vs 'best-sellers' changes over time... Shakespeare, for instance, was what you'd consider a popular writer in his time, while Marlowe and Jonson were thought to be better-quality literature, and now this conception has changed...
DeleteAnd anyways, there is a bit of elitism in the literary circles, and being famous or selling books is frowned upon!
If I had three wishes they would be: 1. Good health for my family and friends. 2. Some material things like a lot of clothes, parfums, etc and finally 3. Have a successful life where I can succeed :)
ReplyDeleteVery nice, Julieta!
DeleteIf I had three wishes, the first of them would be taking away a little hate of all the minds in the world. I know it sound as shallow and abstract as "world peace" but this really bothers me hahaha.
ReplyDeleteThe second one would be to be able to stop time for a while, so I could do all the things I want and have to do, and never be anxious about not having time to do anything.
I really don't know about a third wish, I wouldn't wish of something that I could possibly do! But I can't imagine another one so I'll be simple: I wish I wasn't embarrassed when singing, because I know that I can be good at it if I practice, it's just that I get self-conscious.
Good wishes! I know that world peace or things like that sound cliche, but if would make things much better if people would stop hating each other!
DeleteIf I had to choose three wishes I think the first would be: be successful with all I wanna do
ReplyDeletethe second: I'd like to have the power of stopping the time, but without getting older. And the third, and it's more relationed with now is now what i`m going to study, because I don`t know yet.
(I hadn't saw this post until I saw the notes)
thanks Mariana. If I were you, though, I'd think again about #2, it may have some unwanted consequences... you know the saying, "careful what you wish for..."
DeleteIf I had the opportunnity to choose 3 wishes I would ask firstly for peace, then I would ask for a remote control like in "click" the film hahah, and finally healthy for all people who need it, like Africa!
ReplyDeletenice wishes, although the remote contro in click doesn't always have good consequences...
DeleteIf i had the opportunity to chose 3 wishes i would wish:
ReplyDelete1) To be a millionaire in order to buy and do all the things i want regarding to sports which i dont have the money to: for exaple, diving, parachuting, etc.
2) To have a watch to go back on time, like the hermione in harry potter to change if someting goes wrong or to lime 2 times a moment.
3) I would wish more wihes lol!
I said you couldn't wish for more wishes!
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