ANT, GEORGE AND GRASSHOPPER, TOM

     Maugham's story is obviously different to the Aesop fable because the story of Maugham telling us that it is not important to be prepare about the future, just enjoy the things you you have in the present. In Maugham story also discussing that it's not all about the hard works that you've earned, it depends how you apply your ideas to make your life better. In Aesop fable they are in favor of hardworking people who are earning their success to their future. Examples are the people who are really not spending money for their luxuries. Instead of having a good times in their lives they will choose to save money, the only thing that they will buy for themselves are the things that help them in their daily lives. It is not important what kind personalities you have now, whether you are like Tom and the grasshopper or George and ant .Both stories showed different stories. It will just depend on you which of the these story will you base your own life situation.

"AS IT WAS THE BEGINNING"

            "AS IT WAS THE BEGINNING" 

       In the story “As It Was the Beginning” we can clearly witnessed that Father Paul discriminated Esther. Esther and Laurence really love each other but he brain washed his nephew and convinced Laurence to stay away from ester just because she is a daughter of pagan mother. For me, Father Paul’s reasons were unreasonable. No one can change a person, but someone can be a person’s reason to change.

       I totally disagree how Father Paul convinced Laurence to leave Esther because he is a racist. Just because Esther is a red skin Indian woman, used to live in a cone shape tepee and came from the poor family of pagan, he thinks that it would be a shame for his nephew to marry a woman like Esther. It is not an option to judge a person by his appearance or where she comes from. We should be sensitive and considerate in other’s feeling.

       I believe that Esther would be able to change her personality, and forget all the things where she came from if Father Paul let her to continue her relationship with Laurence. She can’t accept that the man she loves will marry other woman. Therefore, she did kill Laurence cause of her selfishness. If Father Paul gave Esther a chance to prove that she can change, she might not have determination to poisoned Laurence.

      Esther is just a normal woman too. She deserves to be given a chance to prove what she can do. She came from a poor pagan family but it does not mean that she can’t change her beliefs in life .It is important to be concerned in other’s feelings. We should stop discriminating people especially when they are from a poor family.