Ant

Most ant species are social insects, living in large cooperative groups called colonies. Two or more generations may overlap in a colony. These ant colonies are divided into three castes — males, workers and queens — and each caste perform certain tasks. Queen ants and males are part of the reproductive castes. They are the most important members of a colony because they ensure the survival of their species. Queen ants, regardless of species, often are larger than other members of their colonies. Queen ants also have thicker bodies, making them easily distinguishable. The abdomens of queen ants are larger than those of other ants, and they possess wing muscles specific to their caste. The majority of queen ants’ eggs grow up to…

The Ants, a short story written in 1986, shows similarities to another document: The First History of Brazil from 1587. Additionally, the story also shows similarities to Jungian psychology with regard to the dwarf. The ants in the short story are rebuilding the dwarf skeleton, which can be read as the girls’ fear of exploring their own unconsciousness and inner beings. At the beginning of the story, The Ants, there are two young girls who find a dwarf skeleton that had been hidden by an old…

MORAL DILEMMA Ant and Grasshopper Stephanie Gardner Should the ant give food to the grasshopper? Yes and no. Now I say both for a variety of different reasons. I have a feeling that the ant in this situation is not mean enough to just let the grasshopper go hungry. But is the grasshopper allowed to just get off without any punishment for not working hard? This is a classic argument of mercy verses justice. The ant can't show the grasshopper the mercy that he desires and at the same time have…

Leiningen And The Ants Leiningen And The Ants is basically a man versus nature war. Leiningen realizes that the ant population is very large, but he never gets the full picture that the ants population exceeds his expectations until. He comes across a field filled with ants covering twenty square miles headed to his territory. Leiningen then understands that all of not only his people but his home will be put to waste if he does not make a move. Leiningen is warned by the…

Hi, Aaron here from the Leiningen plantation in southern Brazil. We are witnessing, first hand, the world’s largest army attempt to take on 400+ men armed with farm supplies and tools, ANTS! Every few years, an ant colony will expand outside its normal exploring territory and move all the way across South America. This colony arises other colonies along the way and builds their army of mass destruction. This swarm can grow up to 2 miles wide, and 10 miles long. That’s 20 square miles!! This…

The Disney film, A Bug’s Life tells the story of an inventive ant who ventures out to find help in defending his colony against a cloud of grasshoppers. Published in 1998, the film was directed by John Lasseter and Andrew Stanton. In the film, A Bug’s Life, a colony of ants is forced to collect food every year for a cloud of grasshoppers. The movie centers around an inventive ant named Flik, whose inventions often create problems for the colony. That was, until one of his inventions accidentally…

Someone who is foresighted can confront many situations of life; despite the contingency life can have. “The Ant and the Grasshopper” is an Aesop’s Fable adapted by Jean de la Fountain. It has been adapted throughout the ages. Aesop was a legendary Greek fabulist (620–560 BC). He was a reputed creator of numerous short tales about animals, all of these illustrated human virtues and failings (World Encyclopedia). The french poet and man of letters Jean de La Fontaine (1621-1695) was one of the…

What separated the Ant from the Grasshopper was the Ant’s refusal to live in the now. Its animalistic nature to survive compelled the Ant to work diligently to store a supply of nourishment for the winter season again. On the other hand, the Grasshopper enjoyed feeling “alive” (Conklin, 2010, p. 60) and conducted himself in a recreational manner, though he witnessed the Ant’s effort to labor for its future. “Why bother about winter?” said the Grasshopper; “we have got plenty of food at present”…

Society is a monarchy, with different levels of “power”. With the Queen’s Society, the ants were assigned different tasks. Near the beginning of the movie, you can see worker ants digging a tunnel. These ants were assigned the job a “worker ant”. The “worker ant” is in my opinion the lowest level of power in the society. There were also soldier ants shown throughout the movie. On a higher level, there is The General and his accomplices. This is the most successful society because ants…

We all know the fable of the Grasshopper and the Ant. The grasshopper spends all his summer partying while the ant toils to store up for winter. The result is income inequality and one starving insect, in the scenario there has not been any injustice done. Nothing the ant did caused the grasshopper 's demise. The grasshopper 's rights were never trampled on. He was free to use his time as he pleased and so he did, as did the ant. That they fared differently during winter is a direct result of…