We have to admit that people who pretend to despise something
since they are hard to reach it.
The Fox and The Grapes
A hot summer day,
a fox walked through an orchard,
it stopped at the front bunch of ripe and juicy grapes.
"I haven't had a bite since this morning."
"I am thirsty now."
Then he stepped back, forward a punch, then jump,
but can not reach the grapes.
Fox stepped back and continued to try enough grapes.
One, two, three times,
but still can not reach the grapes.
Fox was tired, it was hard to jump anymore.
He sat down and he looked at the grapes in contempt,
said that,
"I am a fox"
"getting a bunch of sour grapes is not worth to me."
Then he left, and walked with disdainful and never looked back.
After the fox came back to the forest, he told other rabbits, monkeys, and other animals,
"Don't get the grapes, they are sour,
Just trust me, I have get them and have a taste"
"They are not delicious."
The fox told the animals to take away form the grapes,
but the monkey didn't believed that,
he jumped,
getting the grapes easily,
he ate "the sour grapes"
He said, "it is extremely delicious"
The fox told a lie.
After the fox came back to the forest, he told other rabbits, monkeys, and other animals,
"Don't get the grapes, they are sour,
Just trust me, I have get them and have a taste"
"They are not delicious."
The fox told the animals to take away form the grapes,
but the monkey didn't believed that,
he jumped,
getting the grapes easily,
he ate "the sour grapes"
He said, "it is extremely delicious"
The fox told a lie.
Author notes: Fox cannot eat grapes he said that grapes are sour, which is
similar as that people who can not get something for themselves say that things
are bad. This psychological called sour grapes.
This fable had a proverb, "sour grapes." As far as
I am concerned, say that the grapes are sour grapes is actually a clever idea. People
should give up something that is impossible to obtain; if something has to get
obsessed, it will only make yourself miserable. Romance, do not think of each
other's advantages, we must find each other's shortcomings, then it is the best
to magnify each other's shortcomings. Although this is immoral, but it can make
lovelorn people heal their hurt feelings earlier. This is the sour grapes
mentality.
In my opinion, don’t be nostalgia if it is impossible to get
something. As for some people who cannot be successful after a number of
attempts. Some people tend to underestimate the success deliberately to find
psychological comfort. But I have an ambivalence, some people capacity is
small, do not accomplish anything, did not shirk the opportunity to mature. In
the story, the hunger fox picked grapes, but he failed then he said that the
grapes are sour. I think as long as you work hard, there will be harvest. As
the saying goes, "a work of a harvest." After a long time I thought
and thought and thought we should look at the issue from different angles to
observe, to understand. Depending on the situation, and do want to change,
which is probably why I appear ambivalence of it.
Bibliography resource: The Fox and the Grapes. (2012). In Aesop for children with pictures by milo winter. S.l.: Tredition Classics.
I enjoyed this story. It really highlights that you should not always believe what other people say. You should try things for yourself. I also enjoyed your picture. It really portrays the story quite well. I understand why you think people should not become obsessive over their "sour grapes," however, I think it is still okay for people to dream improbable dreams. You might be surprised what you can accomplish if you really set your mind to it.
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ReplyDeleteObsession and apathy can both be dangerous, and both can be fed by rationalization, which is what this story portrays well. The fox tries several times to get the grapes, and eventually gives up—whether or not he gives up too soon or wisely chooses to stop trying before the attempt becomes a destructive obsession is up to the reader to decide—and decides that the grapes he desires are sour and not worth it. The interesting departure you take with your story is that you make the fox tell others that the grapes are sour. If calling the grapes sour can be seen as a way of rationalizing the Fox’s apathy in going after that which seems impossible to grasp, then the act of telling others can be seen as a way of further validating his own rationalization. Sometimes the lie we may tell ourselves is made easier to believe if we tell others about it, as if by growing the lie in other people’s minds, it somehow becomes more true in our own mind. Great story, with a nice ending that expands well on the original’s theme.
DeleteYuli, I really enjoyed your analysis of The Fox and the Grapes; you brought a lot of outside knowledge and detail into your evaluation. I agree with you that oftentimes we need to be honest with ourselves and realize that we should not try for things that we know we can't have and save ourselves the pain, at least at that moment and maybe try again when circumstances change. Also, you did a good job of backing up your observations of the story with real life examples and situations, which I see as a good understanding of the text and the whole purpose of fables: relating somewhat intangible ideas with concrete stories.
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