the ant and the grasshopper. difference between Maugham and Aesop.

the original version of "the ant and the grasshopper" by Aesop is different from Maugham story because in the original the ant doesn't help the grasshopper, but instead the ant focused in working hard collecting food in order to be prepared for the winter. In the end the grasshopper wasn't prepared for the winter and it was with other option but to beg the ant for food. Meanwhile in Maugham story the ant (George) never stopped helping the grasshopper (tom) despite how idle and disrespected tom was by everybody. Tom was always having the nice life at Spence of his brother's hard work. In the end after all those sacrifices made by George, his actions weren't rewarded. Instead tom was the one who end it up winning because he got marry to a rich woman who died leaving all her fortune to tom. This fable shows how in some cases the hard work of a person is necessarily rewarded in our society.  

questions 1-6 the frienships bond.

1. The social critics were expecting people to be dissastified with their friendship because according to research people choose to live alone. Also the lack of commitment and high mobility rate which leads to problems in the friendships.according to the survey people answered that their relationships are reciprocal, At least in America friendships appears to be in good shape.
2. the five qualities that people say were the most important in a friend are: loyalty, the ability to keep confidences, warmth, affection and supportiveness. i think i would listed in the same order because i think those are the most important qualities.
3. the two reasons for ending a friendship are feelings betrayed by a friend, and discovering a friend had a different opinion on a issue important to you. the reason that nakes more sense is been betray or lied by a friend.
4. the three main activities between friends are intimate talk, helping out a friend and turning to a friend for help. trust is important because if in a friendship trust doesn't exist then they can not have a more personal relationship.
5. the first rule is that friends confide each others feeling and the second one is that they have the right to ask for help. i think i follow those two rules depending on the circumstances and the type of friendship.
6. the limits to a friendship is when one of the individuals commits negative actions that could put in danger the other person.

As It Was in the Beginning," p. 35, Question Number2.

In the story "as it was in the beginning" what ended Esther happiness was when Laurence told father Paul, his uncle about the love and the desire to marry Esther. But father Paul got upset because he was worried about his nephews future. He wanted Laurence to marry well for example the Hudson's bay factor's daughter. She was white with yellow hair, unlike Esther that came from uncertain blood the daughter of a pagan Indian and her mother was uncivilized. One of the things that hurt her were the words that came from her venerable teacher, the person she though as a saint, the person who pretended to love her, who cared for her happiness was encouraging the man she love to marry the factor’s daughter. But what really hurt her was when Laurence instead of fighting for that love he agreed with what father Paul was telling him by saying “thank you for bringing me to myself”.