Grasshopper

The Catch “The Catch”, by Stanley Kunitz, is about a dragonfly that gets caught by a boy and his father. The boy and his father are at a pond, they take notice of this dragonfly darting across the pond and the father catches it. The child asks for a peek and they father tells him to look, but also informs him that the fly doesn’t belong to anyone. Kunitz uses this poem to comment on the idea of human nature wanting to control and own everything in the world. The poem starts with a…

greater intellect of Dymov. Chekov paints her in a darker colour a the story progresses, more of her flaws and very few strengths in her character are brought out, leading the reader to see Chekov’s opinion of women at that time. Women in the Grasshopper are portrayed in mostly negative light with the intent to give the reader an obstructive and one-sided view of them. As of the start of the story Olga, who is only woman that is developed into a three dimensional character is immediately…

The lesson called Home Grown Caterpillars is a lesson about the transformation of a caterpillar to a butterfly (life cycle process) while creating a three dimensional piece of art to express idea, experience, or story. The story associated with this lesson is The Very Hungry Caterpillar. The art piece is a replica of the caterpillar during a butterfly’s life cycle made out of grass seed, soil, stockings, pipe cleaners, and googly eyes. This lesson would be considered an art enhanced lesson…

There is a charming story tilted Giraffes Can’t Dance by Giles Andreae. In the story, the giraffe is sad because he can't dance like all the other animals. That’s when the cricket shattered his perspective with this jaw dropping quote. He said, “‘ Excuse me’” said a cricket “‘ but sometimes when you’re different you just need a different song’” “‘ Listen to the grass and listen to the trees’” (Andreae). The cricket puts the message of the whole story into one simple sentence. He is telling the…

In Christopher Morley's poem "Nursery Rhymes for the Tender Hearted", the speaker wonders about a cockroach he spots running through the pantry. "Roaches", by Peter Wild, has a similar subject matter, where the speaker spots a cockroach in the bathroom, kills it, then reflects on the bug. Each poem suggests a very different impression of the cockroach: Morley's is a sweet, innocent child, while Wild's is dangerous, unwanted predator. The ideas between these poems are fairly similar however, the…

prepared for winter unlike the grasshopper, the ants are sympathetic. The ants welcome the grasshopper into their heartfelt home and provide food and warmth to the grasshopper. Unlike Aesop’s classic, “The Grasshopper and the Ants”, in Walt Disney’s version, the queen ant utters, “with ants, just those who work may stay, so take your fiddle…and play”. In response, the grasshopper begins to play a tune on his fiddle. Although the work differs from the ants, the grasshopper is working just as the…

Grasshopper on the Road, is a book imagined by Arnold Lobel. This book is intended for children of young ages. However, this book has a deeper meaning. The main character, Grasshopper decides to embark on a journey down a long dusty road that goes up hills and down into valleys. Along the way, Grasshopper meets a series of different insects. The main purpose of the book is to teach children that change is good. Arnold Lobel tries to tell the reader that everything changes. Nothing can stop…

it was just to the dock. He'd hop in, sit at the steering wheel, and we'd be on our way. Usually we'd get to a spot and he'd turn on a big flashlight and I'd put a hook into a worm. He'd hook a grasshopper to his line and I have to say that I was with Nanny on that; I didn't like looking at the grasshoppers big eyes as I put a hook through its body. I was okay with the idea, in…

the story “The Ant and the Grasshopper” By Rob Jon the Grasshopper puts off preparing for the winter and later pays for it. Like when he is not prepared for winter, because he was self-centered and thinks he has all the food he needs. A reason that shows the Grasshopper was not prepared was when the Grasshopper told the Ant “Winter won’t come for ages . Won’t be winter till… well winter. It’s summer now. Why worry about the winter.” This shows that, the Grasshopper was not prepared or…

I was completely fine until it was time to dissect it - the grasshopper, I mean. I even completed the pre-lab assignment and didn’t feel grossed out at all. Except when I started to get a little queasy from staring at a picture of the grasshopper so I could label one of the diagrams of the prelab. But aside from that, I thought I was pretty well prepared to dissect a grasshopper, even though I knew I was deathly afraid of all insects and anything that looked similar to them. I somehow convinced…