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Molly Clark
Period 6
Mrs. Asgill
AP English 11
October 13, 2015
Moths are attracted to man-made lights. It is a fact, but many scientists are not sure why. One theory is the “the lights throw off their internal navigation systems” (Walchover Natalie). Moths always fly at a constant angle relevant to a light source from a distance, for example the moon. The moon is so large and so far away, it looks like it is in one spot, and no matter where you go, it looks like you are always following it. But man-made lights, on the other hand, such as lamps and campfires, are behind you after you pass it. The lights confuse the moth because the angle of the light changes and the moth, somehow, gets attracted to the light. But that is just one of many theories on why moths are attracted to light. All of the theories have one thing in common - they all say moths fly towards man-made lights because they are somehow attracted to it. The lights might interest the moth or make it happy. Unfortunately, the moths soon discovers that the light ends up hurting or killing the moth, co what they think …show more content…
In her story, “The Death of The Moth”, Virginia Woolf was able to symbolize a single moth with both life and death, but in different perspectives. One perspective is that the moth is living therefore it is life. It is an actual living creature that can move, breathe, and eat. It can also symbolize the effort we put into our life. The moth gives his all and, until he runs out of energy, never gives up his goal of getting outside to be with the rest of the world. This symbolizes how we try our very hardest in fitting in, but no matter how hard we try, we are sometimes not able to achieve our goal. WE should all be like that moth and try our very hardest to the point where we are not able to keep going. But once the moth is unable to get up, that is when Virginia Wolf realizes, “that the failure
Molly Clark
Period 6
Mrs. Asgill
AP English 11
October 13, 2015
Moths are attracted to man-made lights. It is a fact, but many scientists are not sure why. One theory is the “the lights throw off their internal navigation systems” (Walchover Natalie). Moths always fly at a constant angle relevant to a light source from a distance, for example the moon. The moon is so large and so far away, it looks like it is in one spot, and no matter where you go, it looks like you are always following it. But man-made lights, on the other hand, such as lamps and campfires, are behind you after you pass it. The lights confuse the moth because the angle of the light changes and the moth, somehow, gets attracted to the light. But that is just one of many theories on why moths are attracted to light. All of the theories have one thing in common - they all say moths fly towards man-made lights because they are somehow attracted to it. The lights might interest the moth or make it happy. Unfortunately, the moths soon discovers that the light ends up hurting or killing the moth, co what they think …show more content…
In her story, “The Death of The Moth”, Virginia Woolf was able to symbolize a single moth with both life and death, but in different perspectives. One perspective is that the moth is living therefore it is life. It is an actual living creature that can move, breathe, and eat. It can also symbolize the effort we put into our life. The moth gives his all and, until he runs out of energy, never gives up his goal of getting outside to be with the rest of the world. This symbolizes how we try our very hardest in fitting in, but no matter how hard we try, we are sometimes not able to achieve our goal. WE should all be like that moth and try our very hardest to the point where we are not able to keep going. But once the moth is unable to get up, that is when Virginia Wolf realizes, “that the failure