What, of this Goldfish, would you wish? What might a door or doorway symbolize? Why do you think the author uses this motif?

A door or portal can symbolize a change, an opportunity. The author used this motif to show how all people need to want change at some point in their lives, even if they are not marterial changes.

Explanation:

"What, of this Goldfish, would you wish?" it is a story that shows how all people are not completely satisfied with their lives and are always willing to make requests that can improve them. These requests do not have to be material things, but they need to be things that promote happiness and well-being for each one. However, history asks us whether our desires should be considered greater than the desires of others and even greater and more important than the lives of others.

can you elaborate on what the question asks?

the correct answer option for this is: false.

explanation:

we are given the following statement 'hawthorne thought of himself as a novelist' which is false.

the truth is that nathaniel hawthorne thought of himself as a romancer, rather than a novelist.

though it is ironic of him of him to consider himself a romancer rather than a novelist despite of the innocent women killings in the salem witch trials which occurred in colonial massachusetts between 1692 and 1693 .