HW : The Ant and Grasshopper.

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 do not think the message in Maugham's is different from the message in the Aesop fable of the ant and the grasshopper. Obviously, there are differences between the two stories. However basically the main message that the authors wanted to provide the readers is same. In my opinion, they wanted to say to not be lazy and be responsible people. If we live like the grasshopper and Tom, we could affect on the people around us. The most important thing we should remember from these stories is that be a responsible person and consider and respect the people around us.

Summary the story : The Ant and the Grasshopper.

There are two main characters Tom and George in the story. Tom is like the ant of the original tale. And George is like the Grasshopper of the story.------########################not finished,

The Ant and the Grasshopper.

Tom was irresponsible person. He just wanted to do only what he wanted even though he had family and his job. He put off the work and has only dreamed of “free rider”. George was his family and he wanted Tom to be responsible and take care of his family and the things around him.

-          One day, without warning, he announced that he didn’t like work and that he wasn’t Suited for marriage. He wanted to enjoy himself. He would listen to no expostulations. He left his wife and his office.  (31-33)

Actually, I don’t think tom’s behavior was good. However, sometimes people can make mistakes because there are no perfect people in the world and also we are not perfect. Also, he would be sick and tired of his life that he didn’t like. So I could understand his behavior. However, he had to care of people around him. He had to take care of his family. And he had to be responsible for his job but he didn’t. He just cared of his feeling. He just enjoyed only himself. So, I don’t like his behavior and I want to blame his behavior like George.

Sometimes i am the ant, but sometimes i am the grasshopper.

Actually, my personality is not same everyday. Sometimes i am more like the ant than grasshopper. And sometimes, i am more like the grasshopper. Generally, when i am sick and tired of the busy schedule, i want to be like the grasshopper. So i sleep a lot and eat so much. Additionally, i  pay no attention to my work such as a school and chrch activities. But as time pass, I felt bad and something wrong about my lazy life. Then i try to change, i become like the ant. The interesting thing is that when im like the ant, i gain a lot of weight, and when i am like the grasshopper, i lose weight. So if i gain weight, it is the sign that it is time to change!

The Friendship Bond.

The Friendship Bond.

    I personally think the friendship is alive and well.  According to the text, many people feel satisfied when they get together with their friends. And they said, when they have some problems or something happened to them, they are looking for their friends.

   Actually in today’s society, people are driven and bound by hectic schedule. So people don’t have enough time to relieve their stress and don’t have enough time to refresh. However, meeting their friend each other and talking, they could be relax and feel they are not alone. Additionally, when they are in trouble, they could help each other and take comfort each other.  

Reading Assignment 10/26.

1. Opinion and Interpretation.
  Actually, this book is not easy to me. However, I could read the book not difficultly when I use dictionary and totally concentrate on the book because the story of this book is really interesting and I could learn many things by reading the book.

 First of all, I think the Author wanted to tell readers of the book about all the story of Henrietta including from her fmaily as well as all of the behind story that was unfair and the HeLa cells. Writing the book, she wanted the readers of the book to realize that the most important thing is himan being eventhough science is alsp important. The thing we should always remember is that science existes for human-being ---not finished
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HW - #5 : 137-176

post on your blog, a summary, an impression, and a question to the section you have read.

1. Summary

   Scientist thought the HeLa cells was so robust that they can be alive everywhere. And they wanted to know the changes of Henriatta’s cells in space. When the first humans went into orbit, HeLa cell was being together so researchers could study the effects of space travel, the nutritional needs of cells in space and how cancerous and non cancerous cells responded differently to zero gravity. They found out by the research that it seemed like all normal cell growing in culture but eventually died or underwent spontaneous transformation and as well as became cancerous.

At that time, Lewis Coriell, renowned cell culturist, published a paper and pointed out one that other researchers hadn’t considered that the HeLa was the contaminant. After his paper was published, Coriell and a few other top tissue culturist met together and talk avout the state of their field which they worried was becoming a disaster. And they founded a reference collection of cells. Their goal was that making a nonprofit federal cell at America Type Cultural Collection. Gey shared HeLa cell other researchers and each of them tested and examined using the cells.

 In 1960, French researchers discovered that when cells were infected with certain viruses in culture, they clumped together and sometimes fused.

 Additionally in 1965 two British scientists created the first human-animal hybrids as well as they found what genes do and how they work. And a British scientist tried to fuse HeLa with chicken cells. And the discovery was right and showed that something in cells regulated genes.

 Soon after a pair of researcher at New York University discovered that human hybrids was unprofessional production.

   In 1966, Stanley Gartler a geneticist announced he’d found a “technical problem” in their field and pointed out the many cells cell were contaminated by HeLa cells.

  Deborah got pregnant when she was in junior in high school. And she also has had second children. However she left her house with her children because her husband caused violence to her.

And Joe was put in prison because he killed ivy and he was changed by reading Koran as well as he changed his name Zakariyya.

2. Impression.

  There are really long story about HeLa cell and Herietta. Especially I realized again science was not absolute but be always available to change.

  And the story of Henrietta's children made me sad. They had a really big pain in their breast. They lost their mom very early and bady. Also, Deborah was gained by her husband and her brother Joe who killed and went to jail.