--We see that this beautiful story has a
purpose. Its purpose is to teach us kindness to our parents. It is well
planned. Every sentence and every paragraph is adapted to the end in view.
No useless item or circumstance is admitted. The story stops when the end
is reached. Anything added to the fifth paragraph would spoil the story. We
certainly can learn much from such a model.
+Paragraphs+.--Does every sentence in the first paragraph aid in picturing
the helplessness of the old grandfather? Is the picture complete? Does the
second paragraph strongly impress us with the unkindness of the son and
daughter-in-law, who ought to have been moved to pity by the old man's
condition? Does it contain an unnecessary sentence? In telling how the
grandchild unconsciously taught a lesson, a dialogue is introduced, and so
what really belongs to one sub-topic is put in the form of two paragraphs.
It is customary to make a separate paragraph of each single speech in a
dialogue. Read the last paragraph carefully and see whether one could wish
to know anything more about the effect of the lesson taught by the child.
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