Dung beetle

These stories of the origins of these animals were each unique in their own way. For example, to the Ancient Egyptians, he Scarabaeus sacer beetle’s behavior of rolling a ball of dung across the ground and the assumption of the fact that it could reproduce without needing a male, alluded to the fact that it represented Ra and Amun. Cats were considered to be the most sacred animals among all. As a civilization primarily located…

Egyptians Egyptians are considered an ethnic group as well as the citizens that call Egypt home. They share a common culture and a variety of Arabic as their spoken language. Because there culture is so fast, our group centered our portions of the presentation on what we believe were the most interesting aspects of Egyptian culture. The first topic that I covered was Egyptian symbols. Because Egypt has a vast number of symbols, I focused specifically on the “Mau,” Ankh, Canopic Jars, Flail and…

“PERSONS attempting to find a motive in this narrative will be prosecuted; persons attempting to find a moral in it will be banished; persons attempting to find a plot in it will be shot” (Twain Notice). This opening quote from Mark Twain’s 1884 novel, The Adventure of Huckleberry Finn, attempts to use a bit of humor to mock readers stupidity about the many dialects in his story. The primary notion in this quote-readers should refrain from finding rationality, right or wrong, and conspiracy in…

Franz Kafka’s The Metamorphosis is a disturbing and a complex novel that depicts the horrific transformation of a man into a disgusting, oversized dung beetle or “a monstrous vermin.” This “transformation” is the reality of the world that the character lives in, but no one in that world is able to see it. Kafka demonstrates this reality using his extraordinary, one of a kind writing style which portrays everything illogical as logical, unreasonable as reasonable, and incomprehensible as…

In the Metamorphosis, Gregor immediately feels negative impacts from his transformation from human to bug. He loses his job, loses the respect and compassion of his family, and loses his ability to be independent. In the Metamorphosis, Franz Kafka uses Gregor’s transformation into a bug as an allusion to ableism in a capitalist society by the description of Gregor’s reliance on others, ostracization from society, and the derogatory tone in which others speak to Gregor. Gregor loses his…

The Poet’s Patriotic Orientation in “Song of Myself” BY Reem Abbas 43380421 The forefather of modern American poetry Walt Whitman writes “Song of Myself” in his great production Leaves of Grass. This poem is one the most enjoyable, controversial, and pioneering poem among twelve other poems. Many poets and critics from the day of its publication until now have debated about it. This influential poem makes Emerson greet Whitman in his great…

The Metamorphosis raises several questions for people like me, a student who faces time of transition and transformation. Gregor transformed into a cockroach which is very unfortunate. The story of the unfortunate Gregor Samsa can make us all have a deeper outlook on life and finding ourselves. Each individual would experience metamorphosis differently as it is a personal event; yet, each of our lives share some sort of connection with a broader history. No one in Gregor’s family talks to him…

complex themes throughout the novel. In the book, a dejected and depressed travelling salesman named Gregor Samsa awakes in his room finding himself mysteriously transformed into a human sized insect, commonly believed to be either a cockroach or a dung beetle. He futilely attempts to get out of his bed and go to work, all while pondering his meek and insignificant existence, wondering how he might be able to alter his circumstances in order to improve the quality of his life. Gregor does…

state they must undergo self change in themselves. But in Gregor's case he changes from being a traveling salesman providing for his family, eating the same foods, and waking up at the same time, to find that he has tragically transformed into a dung beetle the only difference is that Gregor doesn't change back into " prince charming "to prove it she gave Gregory's corpse another great sideways shove with the broom” 1421. Who ever thought a bug would be treated terribly and can be compared to a…

Egypt was a civilization because it had all the 7 indicators to make a civilization. Egypt was a civilization with a well-organized government. One reason is that the government had many officials that controlled Egypt. The pharaoh was the supreme leader of Egypt who and below him was the vizier. The vizier was reported to and then the vizier reported to the pharaoh of the reports the vizier got. Local governors ruled over a land called nome. Other officials also had to report to the pharaoh…