Do you think the message in Maugham's story is the same as or different from the message in the Aesop fable of the ant and the grasshopper? Explain.

I think that in Maugham's story is different from the message in the Aesop fable because in story of the Fable is trying to explain how important is to work and care about the future. Both characters are different point of view their own life so they are an example of what you can get or where you can be if you work hard for your future. Sometimes, we can enjoy our life doing anything that we like but we always need to think about the future. If somebody wants to have a good future, you need to work hard to obtain good results. However, in the story of the Maugham the Grasshopper ending in good conditions without work hard because of a stroke of luck and the ant never forgave the grasshopper because he was selfish at the end of the story. Even though the ant worked so hard, he didn't get the same results that the grasshopper ending with.