The Grasshopper And The Ants Analysis

The primary message of this short film is compassion and redemption. Although the ants have prepared for winter unlike the grasshopper, the ants are sympathetic. The ants welcome the grasshopper into their heartfelt home and provide food and warmth to the grasshopper. Unlike Aesop’s classic, “The Grasshopper and the Ants”, in Walt Disney’s version, the queen ant utters, “with ants, just those who work may stay, so take your fiddle…and play”. In response, the grasshopper begins to play a tune on his fiddle. Although the work differs from the ants, the grasshopper is working just as the queen declared. The tune does differs from the one played at the beginning of the film. In the beginning the grasshopper sings, “The World Owes Me a Living” by Shirley Temple. The grasshopper believes that he isn’t obligated to …show more content…
The grasshoppers are those who are capable of work but choose not to. Those who receive welfare that honestly shouldn’t. While, the ants are those who work for a living. Unfortunately, the ants are forced by the government to pay for the grasshopper’s sluggishness. That’s how most Americans see the issues in America today. To relate my first central message, there are ants who are compassionate to those grasshoppers that are less fortunate than them. Although I consider myself an ant, I am a full time college student with a full time job, I am considerate of the grasshopper. A portion of my hard earned money goes into the pockets of those who choose not to work, and I am okay with that. I grew up in a welfare home, I have experienced what it is like to be the grasshopper. However, to relate to my second central message, I have redeemed myself. I have learned that although I still have compassion for those on welfare, it isn’t fair to be unemployed if you can help it. I have took initiative and have obtained a job in addition to being a college student. So I ask you, are you the grasshopper or the