2007-12-07 17:51:00 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Homework Help
Where Love Is, There God is Also. This short story is by Leo Tolstoy, the great Russian writer; one of the greatest writers who ever lived. It is on the internet at:
http://www1.umn.edu/lol-russ/PopLit/where_love_is,_there_is_god_also.htm
The moral lesson answers the question as to why we should love our neighbor. Why should we care about the visitor.
Tolstoy wrote some other short famous short stories, "How Much Land Does a Man Need? " is one about greed and the consequences of greed. "The Death of Ivan Ilych" is about the value of friendship and can be found at:
http://www.geocities.com/short_stories_page/tolstoydeath.html
2007-12-07 21:47:37 · answer #1 · answered by Matthew T 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A classic is the story of the Magi by O Henry which tells of a couple, he has a pocke watch he is very proud of, she has bautiful hair she is proud of. They are poor. He pawns his watch to but a comb for her hair, she cuts her hair and sells it to get money for a chain for his watch. the moral is "its better to give than to receive"
2007-12-08 02:06:48 · answer #2 · answered by davster 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Rikki Tikki Tavi by Rudyard Kipling.
It teaches to give back when you were given. The main characted, Rikki Tikki Tavi, was a mongoose who was taken in and cared for by a family. They cared for him, that he was thankful. So he wanted to show them his appreciation, so when the family was almost attacked by a boa constrictor, Rikki came to stop the boa.
2007-12-08 02:05:47 · answer #3 · answered by &&angela rocks 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I suspect you need to do that for yourself -- that's the point of the assignment. However, a good place to start would be with either Aesop's Fables
http://www.aesopfables.com/
Or O'Henry Stories
http://www.online-literature.com/o_henry/
2007-12-08 02:05:06 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋