From the Latin sparsus, meaning âscattered,â we get the adjective sparse, which means âfew and scattered.â Thinning hair is sparse, as is the population of an endangered species. Or a small and scattered crowd for an unpopular band. Synonyms include dispersed, infrequent, and scanty.
The purpose of the fable is to teach a lesson about a human weakness or folly. To reinforce this lesson, fables usually include a moral at the end of the tale. In addition to teaching a lesson, fables offer a satirical look at human beings and their behaviors.he purpose of the fable is to teach a lesson about a human weakness or folly. To reinforce this lesson, fables usually include a moral at the end of the tale. In addition to teaching a lesson, fables offer a satirical look at human beings and their behaviors.
What is the purpose of a book? This is a complex question, for books have no purpose that is analogous to that of a plow or a needle. Books do many things, and also nothing at all in a practical sense-except perhaps to weight down papers and keep them from flying away.Books may serve one purpose for the writer and another for the reader-or rather one purpose for the writer and another purpose for each of the different readers who come to the text.his is not to say that the book is entirely unsuccessful: Some elements of it do work well, including the fact that this story is told in some measure as an epic story, a form of storytelling that is probably as old as humanity itself and that crosses cultural as well as historical bou...