The Ant and the Grasshopper (ESSAY)

There is a British saying that goes: "All work and no play makes jack a dull boy". That is why many people believe it seems to be there is no single enjoyment in working so hard without giving time for leisure; however, some people believe that striving for success without hard work is like trying to harvest where you haven't planted. In the article "The Ant and the Grasshopper", Aesop and Maugham presented their stories based on this title. Aesop talked about how Ant was able to save some food in the summer time through his hard work while Grasshopper was dancing and having fun around. But when the winter time came he was with empty larder. Maugham also used the same story by referring his own story to two brothers "Tom" and George". George, who work so hard like the Ant was ended up in little amount of money, and he grew old with red face while Tom, who left his family for two years just because of pleasure was ended up in wealth. As far as I'm concern, though Maugham's story sound so interesting, but the ending doesn't encourage hardworking.
The behavior of Tom and his choice of lifestyle in the Maugham's story is very bad, and this is very rampant among men of these days. It reminds of a friend of mine whose uncle married about eight years ago. His uncle traveled abroad to spend two years, and after he came back, he felt he was comfortable enough, so he began to misbehave though not excatly like Tom, he was going out with girls from one club to another without even bother he was married. Eventually, he ended up with nothing. All what he has gathered for two, he lost everything within a year.
The ending of Maugham's story doesn't encourage people to be hardworking. If we should look at our society nowadays, all what we are enjoying is because of hard work. Take for instance, some of our past heros like missionaries, evangelists, scientists, engineers, exploreres, armies not to mention all. If decided to go for pleasure like Tom, no one could know what the world would be like today.
For those people who think what Tom did was a good choice of lifestyles, just because it makes him look younger and healthy. It seems they haven't yet understand that without hard work, nothing like success. Through hard work, lucky comes, and with lucky, you are blessed, and once you are blessed, you are successful.
Therefore, hard work really plays alot. Moreover, it is the key to success, so work deligently on any project you undertake. If you really want to be successful, be prepared to give up your leisure time and work hard and on weekends. Also have faith in yourself. If you come up with a new idea that you believe in, don't allow people to discourage you from pursuing it. Mind you, always have this in your mind "Whatever we work for surely last longer".

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Summary of both Aesop's fable and Sumerset story

In Aesop's fable "The Ant and the Grasshopper" Aesop talked about how Ant was able to stored some food through his hardwork in the summer time while Grasshopper was dancing, having fun around. But when winter time came, Grasshopper had an empty larder, and he went to Ant weather he might get some food unfortunately, he didn't.
Sumerset described Tom and George as the Ant and the Grasshopper in his story, but the end of these  two brothers wasn't like the end of Ant and the Grasshopper. George, who is hardworking ended up with red face and some little amount of money. While his younger brother(Tom), who act as "Grasshopper" ended up in wealth.

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy

The Aesop's fable  and the Sumerset story is similar, but their ending was different. All work and no play makes jack a dull boy implies to Sumerset story, and this was due to the way George handled his situatuon. Being hardworking doesn't mean you shouldn't give yourself time to relaxe and enjoy your life. Atleast, you work for the money, and you should be able to enjoy it by yourself. If you don't and you died, someone else would spend it. Nevertheless, I still support the Sumerset story because it hints those people who are hardworking like George that they should know how to manage themselves while they are hardworking. And also, that being hardworking doesn't determine sucess at all times, so they have to take life easy. But the only part I didn't support is the ending. The ending of Sumerset story doesn't encourage hardworking. The way Tom enjoyed his life was bad. It shows that he doesn't care about his family. That is a selfish life. 

Home work.

In "The Ant and the Grasshopper", W. somerset talked about two brothers. The younger one, "Tom", left his wife and two children and his job. He said he didn't like work; he went to different Capitals in Europe to enjoy himself, and he spent two happy years. His older brother "George" spent all his days working so hard aiming that he would retire at fifty-five to his house and enjoy playing golf and cultivates his garden. At the end, Tom ended in Half a million pounds, a yacht, a house in London, and another house in the country with his young and good-looking stature. while George grew red in the face with little amount of money. In the fable, Grasshopper did something related to the Tom, but he earned nothing at the end. While Ant did exactly like George, and he was able to sustained himself during the winter period. I agree with Aesop because his story persuaded the reader to work hard.

Ant and the Grasshopper (Opinion)

What I saw in the story of Tom and George was quite different to what was being said in the Fable "The Ant and the Grasshopper". It was like a "metaphor", but not really because Ant was very busy working and at the winter time he was able to ripe his good hard work he had sowed . Nevertheless, I think the behavior of Tom shows that he was an irresponsible person. He is not family oriented. Behaviors like this has made many men lose their potentials.

The Ant and the Grasshopper (summary)

In "The Ant and the Grasshopper" W. somerset talked about two brothers who were happily married. The younger one "Tom" left his wife and two children and his job. He said he didn't like work; he went to different Capitals in Europe to enjoy himself, and he spent two happy years. His older brother "George" spent all his days working so hard aiming that he would retire at fifty-five to his house and enjoy playing golf and cultivates his garden. At the end, Tom ended in Half a million pounds, a yacht, a house in London, and another house in the country with his young and good-looking stature. while George grew red in the face.  

I am "The Ant"

I am "The Ant"! The reason why I said this is that I always tried to prepare myself for tomorrow. There is an adage that says "Don't brag about tomorrow because you don't know what the day may bring". As a result of this, I always prepare so that I won't get stuck or be looking for help form other people when things are scarce or not available