Henry David Thoreau's Essay 'The Battle Of The Ants'
Christian Nicholson Von
Professor Petrusky
Composition
September 29, 2014
Summary of “The Battle of the Ants”
In Henry David Thoreau’s essay “The Battle of the ants” he tells about his experience he had involving two different colonies of ants. One colony was red ants that were large. The second group was black ants which were double the size of the red ants. Throughout the story Thoreau personifies the ants as humans and argues that the battles of humans aren’t different from battles of ants. The author uses that personification to put emphasis on the importance of human life during wars and how insignificant the combatants are.
Thoreau makes references too many different battles in his story. He compared the ants to legions of Myrmidons which
Professor Petrusky
Composition
September 29, 2014
Summary of “The Battle of the Ants”
In Henry David Thoreau’s essay “The Battle of the ants” he tells about his experience he had involving two different colonies of ants. One colony was red ants that were large. The second group was black ants which were double the size of the red ants. Throughout the story Thoreau personifies the ants as humans and argues that the battles of humans aren’t different from battles of ants. The author uses that personification to put emphasis on the importance of human life during wars and how insignificant the combatants are.
Thoreau makes references too many different battles in his story. He compared the ants to legions of Myrmidons which