The poem ‘The Ant and The Cricket’ is a fable. A fable is a traditional story that teaches us a moral lessons. Usually the characters in fables are animals. This poem also teaches us a very important moral lessons of being industrious like an ant. It also teaches us we should not be like the cricket.
This poem is about a cricket (an insect), who found himself in trouble as the winter season arrived. He found he had nothing to eat; nor had he cared to make a shelter for himself.
He decided to go to an ant for help. He wished to borrow some grain from her and to spend a day or two in her hole during the rainy days. His intention was to pay her back later on.
However, the ant did not help the cricket. She told him without mincing words that it was rule of ants that they neither borrowed nor lent. She asked the cricket in astonishment if he had not saved anything for the winter. To which the cricket replied in negative. She asked him the reason. He replied he was so busy enjoying his life, he did not bother to save or put by anything. The ant taunted him to go and dance during the winter also.
In conclusion it can be said that we must be responsible for our future. We must not just spend our good times idly; we must also secure our future against the bad times also.
Swift uses satire in the passage to criticize society he suggests. He makes the implication that the English don't care about the people from Ireland and would be okay with using kids from Ireland as food.
Who is Jonathan Swift?
Jonathan Swift, who was born in London on 30 November 1667 and died in Dublin on 19 October 1745, was a satirist, author, essayist, political pamphleteer (first for the Whigs, then for the Tories), poet, and Anglican cleric. He also served as dean of St. Patrick's Cathedral, earning him the moniker "Dean Swift."
A Tale of a Tub (1704), An Argument Against the Elimination of Christianity (1712), Gulliver's Travels (1726), and A Modest Proposal are among the works by Swift that are most renowned (1729). He is acknowledged as the English language's best prose humorist by the Encyclopedia Britannica, while his poetry is less widely known. Horatian and Juvenalian satire were two forms of humour he was a master at.
His satire has come to be known as "Swiftian" due to his deadpan, sardonic writing style, especially in A Modest Proposal.
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How does Swift use satire in this passage to criticize society he suggests?
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Answer:The correct answer would be C!
Explanation:
OVERALL GRADE: 3 ; too many grammar mistakes.
FEEDBACK/"FIXES":
<em>Hook:</em> Change it to: "Breakfast, anyone? How about more sleep and better grades? These seem appealing, right? These are just a few benefits of school convening later in the day."
<em>Claim/Thesis:</em> Change it to: "The school day should begin at 9:45 AM because it would allow students additional time to prepare for their school day; they would be better rested, perform better, and engage more in physical activities."
<em>Evidence/Reasoning #1:</em> Change it to: "After all, students' brains are still asleep when it's early in the morning. Schools that start at 9:00 AM or later allow students the opportunity to get the recommended amount of sleep [8.5 - 9.5 hours.]"
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