Do people come to the United States today for the same reasons as colonists?
Do people in your native country have the same kinds of freedoms?

Colonists came to increase their wealth and broaden their influence over world affairs.

People in my native country have the same rights as the U.S

Explanation:

the word that best matches the meaning of the expression "went to the big ocean" is died.

the goldfish died, which is why the father looks at the children mournfully. the "big ocean" is the father's way of saying fish heaven. he could have just said that the goldfish died, but this way, the children imagine the fish in a bigger, better place instead of just picturing a dead fish.

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