that shows great courage” according to Webster’s Dictionary. In Leiningen versus the Ants by Carl Stephenson‚ the protagonist Leiningen can be considered a hero. Not only does he risk his life to save his peon workers and farm‚ but he is respected by all in every way‚ shape‚ and form. Although he has many advantageous characteristics‚ he also has some that are quite dubious‚ making a slight dent in his bold delineation. In total‚ Leiningen has both positive and problematic attributes‚ but overall he
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Leiningen was an aging plantation owner. He ran his large‚ agricultural estate with the help of some four hundred workers. Leiningen was the type of man who took the bull by the horns‚ so to speak. He knew that within two days‚ a huge swarm of hungry‚ perilous ants would reach his plantation. He also knew that it was nearly impossible to stop them. Ants like these destroyed everything in their path. Leiningen believed that a man’s brain and his power to use it effectively made him virtually
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to battle with nature. “Leiningen versus the Ants” by Carl Stephenson is about a landowner‚ Leiningen‚ in Brazil who is warned by a Brazilian official that an army‚ ten miles long and two miles wide‚ of ants is headed straight for his plantation and are expected to reach his plantation in two days at the latest. But Leiningen believes that the Brazilian official is “pulling his leg” when he advises him to evacuate the plantation because of ants. Against all odds‚ Leiningen is able to defeat a twenty
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In the story "Leiningen Versus the Ants" Leiningen the main character in the story is described as a positive and negative person feeling toward the ants but is also two of his bad flaws that gets him to work harder to defeat the ants and save his four hundred workers and plantation. This story was published in 1938 by Carl Stephenson who wrote of a plantation owner who has gone though plague‚ drought‚ and famine and now an army of ants’.You can imagine him as some tall‚ muscular man always puffing
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Leiningen versus the Ants In any story‚ characters are made from an author‚ but they actually living in the story. They have their own particular traits that human has. People can be describe as many type of people by the traits they has‚ and just like the characters in the story can be describe as a type of person. In story “Leiningen versus the Ants” by Carl Stephenson was an example of shown that Leiningen a characters could be describe as a intelligent‚ respectable leader and a brave person
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Leiningen versus the Ants by Carl Stephenson (1893-1954) Word Count: 8881 UNLESS they alter their course and there’s no reason why they should‚ they’ll reach your plantation in two days at the latest." Leiningen sucked placidly at a cigar about the size of a corncob and for a few seconds gazed without answering at the agitated District Commissioner. Then he took the cigar from his lips‚ and leaned slightly forward. With his bristling grey hair‚ bulky nose‚ and lucid eyes‚ he had the look
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Character essay - Leiningen Versus the Ants by Danny M Leiningen versus ants is Leiningen versus nature also he fights by himself in his mind. Leiningen was just a farmer but he had a trouble with the ants he notice that the killer ants will eat everything they passed so they will ruin all his work and they will also kill all the animals includes person. Quote one. I think Leiningen is really smart guy because he planned all the things that how to kill
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army made up of 68 billion ants that are devouring every living thing it encounters? This is the question that Carl Stephenson asks in his short story‚ "Leiningen Versus the Ants‚" which was first published in 1938. The protagonist of the story‚ Leiningen‚ a fully developed character who possesses both good and bad characteristics finds himself in a situation that requires him to act heroically in an attempt to save himself and his 400 workers from the ant army. Leiningen possesses many excellent characteristics;
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The district commissioner (who narrates the radio adaptation in the first person) describes the threat Leiningen faces: "Ten miles long‚ two miles wide—ants‚ nothing but ants!” Additionally‚ each ant is approximately the size of a man’s thumb and wants to consume any form of life that falls in its path. (If this description is accurate‚ it means there are roughly 64 billion ants in the swarm; the entire human population at the time was less than 2 billion.) It is also mentioned that they can completely
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Ants are social insects that live in colonies being some of the most successful of insects. Ant colonies include one or more queens‚ workers‚ eggs‚ larvae and pupae. The worker ants maintain their developed structures known as "nests". Nests protect the ants against their enemies‚ some protection against extremes of weather‚ and are often placed close to water and food sources. Some ant species nest in the ground‚ many times under concrete or slabs. Some species will be found in wood such as fence
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