The Ant and the Grasshopper W. Somerset Maugham

at that place are some beliefs that everyone gets in their whole life, what they deserve, and it is based upon common sense. However, there are exceptions for each rule or statement in the existence. unrivaled of these exceptions is described in Maughams story, the fable called The Ant and the Grasshopper which is astir(predicate) George and Toms experiences. In this case, the ant is George and the grasshopper is Tom. One of them, George, chose the classify of being a responsible and sensitive person. It is he who has been working a lot for getting a special retirement for the halt of his life.Moreover, he has been helping his crony in all his whims. He is a economic consumption model for everyone. On the other hand, Tom is this kind of person who decides to give way his life in order to satisfy his own wishes. He is a very nice and charming person, but he is constantly treachery on his brother and all his friends. Moreover, he has a lot of faults and he is always looking f or luxuries. For twenty years Tom raced and gambled, philandered with the prettiest girls, danced, ate in the most expensive restaurants, and dressed beautifully. He always looked as if he had just stepped come out of the closet of a bandbox.Though he was forty-six you would neer have taken him for more than thirty-five. It might be safely said that the villain of this story is Tom, the dreadful man, the person who has got everything that he desires by taking the easy way. And according to the fable he deserves a bad end or at least any that is not in force(p) enough. Nonetheless, this is not a classical story with a traditional ending. The end of it is really funny. It may be said that the writer wanted to accentuate the fact that Tom had achieved everything and it was out of the blue.In addition, it might be pointed out that the writer is criticizing the coherence between Georges principles and the way he acted when his brother obtained the fortune. He showed jealous. Besides , it can be said that he was not joyous with his whole life. He always wanted more than he obtained. The moral is clear, life is not unfair. It depends on you, on everyone and on the way sight see lifes opportunities. In conclusion, there are sight with good luck and fortune. There are people who are not firm with their principles and there are people who are not clever due to their vision of living. It is called life and its ironies.