He is a Sister: The Monstrous (De)Construction of the Sex/Gender Binary in Iain Banks’ The Wasp Factory Vikki Winkler English 498: Honours Thesis Advisor: Dr. Jodey Castricano March 31‚ 2008 If it is appropriate to define “ideology” as that which constitutes social‚ cultural‚ and political order‚ then perhaps it can be said that as a genre‚ the Gothic paradoxically both challenges and reinforces the stability of these seemingly “fixed” structures and‚ similarly‚ that it both disturbs and
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Mutualism: Fig wasps and fig trees Fig wasps (Agaonidae) are a species of wasps that have a life span of a couple of days and could be as little as 2mm in length. Hence the name these wasps are sole pollinators of fig trees (Ficus)‚ each fig tree species has its own particular wasp for pollination. Fig trees are totally dependent on fig wasps for pollination and have been for the past 60 million years‚ this shows that this process of pollinating is efficient and sustainable creating equilibrium
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describes the struggle of power between the poet and the two birds that are building their nest. The poet uses the wasps and their nest as a symbol to show reality of the humans. Finally‚ at the end the poet realizes that his life too is like that of the wasps and thus starts to sympathize with them. The poet structures the poem in such a way to show the struggle of power between the wasps and the humans and ends with a climax. The choice of words and literary techniques such as onomatopoeia‚ imagery
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nature there is an insect that gets to make that decision. B. Introduction: Hello I am Elijah King and I would like to share some information about wasps‚ Voodoo wasps to be more precise. II. Intro to Wasps A. Wasp’s body is long and slender with a narrow waist‚ cylindrical legs and appears to be smooth-skinned and shiny. B. (Hand drawn) Diagram: A wasp like any insect has a body made up of three sections the head‚ thorax and abdomen. 1. Head: the brains of the operation a. Contains the mandibles
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Anancy and Brother Wasp Once upon a time Brother Wasp was a very handsome man‚ especially when he laughed because he had two pretty rows of teeth. Yes‚ Wasp used to have teeth. Now‚ Wasp was very proud of his teeth. Sometimes he would grind them‚ sometimes he would shine them and sometimes he was glad to bite somebody to show them how sharp they were. And even when he was supposed to be serious he would laugh or smile so he could show his beautiful teeth. At this time‚ Anancy was a postman and
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The wasp factory Activity one: 1. the novel is driven by an overwhelmingly obsessive fist person narration – frank cauldhame‚ who speaks cooly and calmly about strange events. There are also these sacrifice poles‚ upon which hang bodies and heads of large animals such as seagulls‚ that frank has killed. he believes they define and protext the borders of frank’s territory. 2. he is capable of hmour‚ irony‚ self-analysis and has an objective view of his strange situation. He lives in
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your summer. Here are 5 of the pests you can expect to see: 1 - Exterminator Frisco TX: Wasps You may find wasps nests anywhere on the outside of your home‚ often in unlikely places. Removing them by yourself can be a dangerous proposition because wasps will sting when threatened and‚ unlike bees‚ they don’t lose their stingers which means that each wasp can sting multiple times. Though allergies to wasp venom are
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THE SPIDER AND THE WASP In the feeling and protection of their genetic descendant‚ insects and spiders show off some zeal in analogies to reasoning and some sensitive examples of blind instinct. The case I present here is the digger wasps of genus Pepsis and tarantula spiders together with their opponent. An example is a non-familiar situation which the victim‚ though fully able to defend itself‚ gives up accidentally to its destruction. A lot of tarantula spiders reside in the tropics‚ but many
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“WASP” Essay The issue of discrimination within societies has been prevalent for as long as there has been recorded history‚ Canada is certainly no exception‚ and whenever one group of individuals has privilege over another they tend to try and keep it. During the late 19th century and into the 1930s “WASPs” (White Anglo-Saxon Protestants) were the dominant members within Canadian society‚ and being the dominant group they took numerous steps to ensure they would remain so. Enacting such acts as
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Wasp Mimicry Mimicry‚ essentially‚ is some type of resemblance between two unrelated organisms which improves the organisms’ chances of survival against a common predator. This resemblance can be seen in warning signs‚ typically visually with colors and patterns‚ but organisms can also have resemblances in smells and many other traits that deceive the predator into believing the insect is something that it’s not‚ saving the insect’s life. Mimicry typically involves three things: a model‚ a mimic
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