The Ant and the Grasshopper W. Somerset Maugham

in that respect are some beliefs that everyone gets in their whole life, what they deserve, and it is based upon common sense. However, at that place are exceptions for each rule or statement in the existence. genius of these exceptions is described in Maughams story, the fable called The Ant and the Grasshopper which is nearly George and Toms experiences. In this case, the ant is George and the grasshopper is Tom. One of them, George, chose the start up of being a responsible and sensitive person. It is he who has been working a lot for getting a special retirement for the wipe come out of his life.Moreover, he has been helping his buddy in all his whims. He is a reference model for everyone. On the other hand, Tom is this kind of person who decides to survive his life in order to satisfy his own wishes. He is a very nice and charming person, but he is constantly deceit on his brother and all his friends. Moreover, he has a lot of faults and he is always looking for luxuri es. 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 out 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 problematic 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 non dandy 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 try 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 joyo us with his whole life. He always wanted more than he obtained. The virtuous is clear, life is not unfair. It depends on you, on everyone and on the way stack see lifes opportunities. In conclusion, there are state with good luck and fortune. There are people who are not firm with their principles and there are people who are not ingenious due to their vision of living. It is called life and its ironies.