The story The Cricket conveys a message that patience, endurance and optimism ultimately carry good luck resulting in success in a man's life. Make Go
The Cricket: Summary and Critical Analysis
The Cricket -P' u Sung-Ling Literal Comprehension During the Ming Reign in China, cricket fighting was a popular pastime for the noblemen at court. Their wishes were fulfilled by the common men who used to supply cricket for them. Though in the writer's county, Floral Shade, the cricket was not common, yet the magistrate's submission of a mighty warrior cricket to get favour from the superiors ultimately brought the responsibility of supplying the crickets as a royal supplier regularly to the court. Make Good, one of the residents of Floral Shade got the post of Neighborhood Head to accomplish the task in this concern too. But he was nearly bankrupt since he couldn’t collect enough taxes from the people and had to make up money from his pocket. The same thing happened in collecting the cricket too. He couldn't fill the quota set by the higher-ups and as a result, was severely punished. So he desired to die rather than to live such dominated life. Then his wife consulted a…
