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The Apple Tree and A Little Boy

Once upon a time, there was a little boy name who always like to be around and play with the apple tree in front of his house. Every day he will be climbing up the apple tree, eating the apples on there, having fun standing on the top of the tree looking around the beautiful nature, and after getting tired he will be resting and taking a nap under the tree. For him, this apple tree was very important. It was like his best friend; they stay together and play together every day. He loves his apple tree so much and the tree loves him so much too.

As time went by, the little boy starts to grow up. He was getting bored with the tree and didn’t come to play around with it as often as he did before. One day, the little boy was feeling sad, so he came and sits under the tree. When the apple tree saw the boy he asked “Are you coming back to play with me?”. The little boy said “I am not a little kid now; I don’t want to play around the apple tree like before. I want to buy a toy car, but I don’t have enough money”. The apple tree then said to boy “I don’t have the money either, but I really want to help you….how about this, you collect my apples and bring them to sell, then you take the money to buy the toy you like.” The little boy was so happy when the tree helped him found out the way. He collected all the apples on the tree and took them to sell. After got the money, he never came back to play with the tree for few years.

One day, the little boy came back to the tree again. He looks getting bigger, taller, and more mature. The apple tree was so happy to see him again. “You’re coming back to play with me?” the tree asked. “I am having my own family, and I have to work every day. I don’t have time to play with you same as before. Right now, I need a house. Can you help me?” the boy said. The apple tree was feeling sad but still wanted to help the little boy. So the tree said “I don’t have a house, but you can cut my branches and use them to build it”. The boy then started to cut down all the branches and carrying them walks away happily. And again, the apple tree was being left and feeling lonely.

Another day in summer, the boy came back again. The apple tree was very happy seeing the little boy came back. “Are you coming back to play with me?” the tree asked. “No, I just feel upset and disappointed about things in my life. I want to sail a boat to a relaxing place far away, can you give me a boat?” the boy asked back. The tree then replied “you can use my trunk to make a boat.” Therefore, the boy cut the trunk of the apple tree. He sail to somewhere far away, and didn’t come back for a long time.

Until many years had past, the boy finally came back again, but this time he became much older than before. When the tree saw him, the tree said “I have nothing left right now, the only thing that left was the dying roots”. The boy replied “I am getting older and older each day, I have no teeth left to eat, I couldn’t climbed like before. Now I don’t want anything else just a place to rest”. Then the tree said “come to sit next to me, you are welcome to rest in here”. The boy walked slowly and sit next to the tree smiling and feeling happy…

The End

In this story, the apple tree represent as our parents. When we were young, we like to play and stay with our parents all the time. But as we grow up, we spend less time with our parents. Some people only came to their parents when they need help. But no matter what, our parents will always help us with the best they can.

The Great Gatsby Analysis Essay

Why might The Great Gatsby be considered “Timeless” ?

What is the timeless life lesson you have been taught? First of all, what is timeless? Timeless means unaffected or unchanged by time. When you describe something as timeless, you mean that it is important and meaningful, and that you won’t forgot it no matter how long it had past. In our life, we have been told and taught many timeless life lessons by different people whether from our parents, teacher, friends, or even from the book. And one of the timeless book I’m talking is “The Great Gatsby”. “ The Great Gatsby ” was one of the greatest novel written by F. Scott Fitzgerald in 1925. Even though this book was written long time ago but that doesn’t mean its lesson cannot be apply in our today’s life. No matter how long time had past, the book was still important today as it was in the past. The timeless life lessons in there still very meaningful today.

“ Whenever you fell like criticizing anyone, just remember that all the people in this world haven’t had the advantages that you’ve had ”, this was one of the advice Nick’s father told him. His father is telling him not to judge or criticize others, because those people might not have the privilege like what he had. Therefore, what the quote trying to teach us is that every time we are going to judge someone, just stop and try to think and understand what make that the person act the way they are, what cause them to be in that situation, they might have their own reasons. Maybe the person have been through problems or any obstacles, or maybe that person wasn’t lucky to have parents guide and teach them. And because of this, we shouldn’t judge anyone without knowing them well enough. This is one of the timeless life lesson in the book that we could apply to our life.

Another lesson the book had taught is believe in your dream. Just like Jay Gatsby, one of the main character in the book. He was born in a middle class family. One day he found himself falling in love with a girl who came from a higher class family. He wanted to marry to her, but couldn’t because he is not as rich as the girl. However, Gatsby did not give up, he continued to believe in his hope and dream, finally he ended up having his own mansion and being rich. This has prove to us that we can always make our dream come true. All you have to do is believe in yourself and never giving up. No one else could understand you more than yourself, therefore it’s important to you to keep pushing yourself to achieve you goal.

These are just the two lessons I chosen from the book. As you read more and go through every chapters of this book, you will find many others teaching in there. “ The Great Gatsby ” was one of the recommend book to read. It’s both enjoyable and given you timeless life lessons in the same time.