In the fable, the ant works hard on the summer, so he has a comfortable life during the winter. on the oppsite, the grasshopper plays whole summer, then he is suffered by the cold winter. on the other hand, in the short story, it tells us about two brothers' different fate.George works hard on his whole life, but he does not get any rewards from his work.However, Tom always enjoys his life and spends his whole money on enjoyment.He never works hard but he is lucky.Finally he gets a lot of money from his dead wife.Those two stories tell us two oppsite result. The fable emphasizes that people have to work hard then they can get rewards from their work. Other story emphasizes that sometimes even people work hard, they can not get any rewards because it depends on luck.
In my opinion,I think that no gain without pain.Everything has to pay price when you get something that you want. This theory more fits this material society. For example,there are a lot of chinese people immigrant to the United States.They want to get a better life is the only reason that they want to come here. Like one of my friends, He is thirty years old. when he sneaked in the United States, he was 22 years old. He married in China, but his family was poor then he decided to make money to support his family.While he came to America safely, he also owed a lot of money to others. He started to work in chinese restaurant and spend his whole 8 years life in that place. Therefore, he can save money for his family and pay the money that he borrowed from others.Until now, his family immigrants to here and they have a better life. He use his freedom to change his future and he also pays the price on it. However, he gets the life that he wonders for a long time and he thinks that is worth to pay a price.
In conclusion, I still believe that people should have to work hard on their life, but sometimes people also should take a little time to relax. The only thing we can do is that don’t remain any pity to ourselves in this world.