Maugham's story based on the various attitudes and view on life between two brothers Tom and George. Accordingly, George is hardworking, responsible person, but his brother Tom is irresponsible, prodigal,lazy person. As George collects money to his future and more responsible and prudent to his life and his family, he also, takes care of his lazy, spender brother Tom. In order to this case we may predict that Tom is going to loose his everything and his future is going to be desperate. But at the end of story we noticed that even though George was expected to be lucky in his future because of his attitude, Tom got married with rich woman and start to live into wealthy. In this case we can realize that everything depends on people's fortune.
In contrast, Aesop's story is talking about actually the lifestyle between ant and grasshopper. As an ant is hardworking and storing up the food for winter,grasshopper is lazy and it live for right away. When they encounter, grasshopper teases ant that it works hardly to keep food for winter and does not enjoy life as he enjoys. Thus, winter comes and grasshopper becomes desperate to get food and he asks food from ant. Consequently, this story ends up with sort of justice.
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