Aesop Fable Essay

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Com231 Mrs.K 1/23/11 Aesop Fable: Narrative Speech A wise person once said “Literature is a reflection of life.” Nowhere is this more evident than in the seemingly simple fables penned by the immortal Aesop centuries and centuries ago. One fable has a particular relevance in my own life. “Sour Grapes.” The moral of this tale has direct application to an experience I had in my life. The fable “Sour Grapes” was about a hungry fox that was at a grape vineyard. The fox was trying to reach the grapes but he was to short to reach it. He tried jumping, stretching, hopping, and reaching but still could not get it. He wore himself out trying to get it so he said “ Those grapes must be sour.” The meaning of this fable is “ It is easy to hate what you cannot have.” This Aesop tale makes me think of a time in my life. It all happened the Friday before school started, on January 6th. I went to the emergency room because I felt sick to my stomach and I was dizzy so they checked my glucose level because diabetes runs on both sides of my family. Dizziness and sick to the stomach are symptoms of diabetes. So they checked my sugar and it was 459. So they drew blood to do some test on me and when the results came back they told me I was a type two diabetic. So saying all of that I can’t eat or drink anything with sugar in it. So its difficult. Ever since that day I been drinking water and here and there I will have a diet soda. It is also hard to see people eating candy or drinking soda because that makes me want some. That means it is easy for me to hate what I cannot have. That was an experience in my life. The meaning to the fable “ Sour Grapes” is it is easy to hate what you cannot have. I want to challenge all of you by asking can you get rid of something that you really love to eat or drink for a week? Then answer this question, is it easy to hate what you cannot
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