The Grasshopper And The Ant Literary Analysis

The Ant and the grasshopper “If you save up on the days when you have plenty there will never be a day when you have nothing.” In life people prepare. Preparing makes people think ahead and keeps them happy. Also, preparing early gets you ready. That is why I believe the theme of the story, The Grasshopper and the Ant, by Ray Bradbury, is preparing when you can. In the story, the ant starts collecting early and saves up so that he will be ready when winter comes. However, the grasshopper waits until the last second to collect and he has a terrible winter.

My first reason is that the ant was smart and saved up. He does this by working hard to collect food. This is important to notice because it shows that he was working and not just playing around. Also, he gathered when there was a lot he could collect.

I think this because the grasshopper may have had all the food he wanted in the summer but he didn't have any in the winter and because of that he was miserable. This is important to notice because it shows that the grasshopper was not responsible enough to collect his own food for the winter. Later in the story, the grasshopper played when he could have gathered his food. This shows that the grasshopper is a protagonist because he waited till the last minute to collect his food. Finally, it said that,”The grasshopper noticed the ant was dragging along a huge ear of corn.” This is significant because the grasshopper knew that people were collecting food all ready but he continued to do his own thing.

In conclusion, I realized the story the ant and the grasshopper is about preparation and making choices. Sometimes our choices are right and sometimes wrong. For example, the ants choice to collect food early and the grasshoppers choice to collect food late. This shows that we need to take charge and prepare so we are ready when we need to be. Are you ready? Are you