The Battle of the Ants by Henry David Thoreau: Summary

The article "Battle of ant" was extracted from the Walden River, it is a detailed explanation of the ant war, and we do not know the details. One minute observation of the war greatly manipulated Thoreau's idea, went to human war and national war.

He concluded to humanity that the war is destructive and painful not only during the war but also after the war. After all, there are no principles of life in any form of destruction.

One day, when a writer got out of the pile he saw the two big ants fighting each other. When he further observed, he saw the war between two ants, red ants and black ants. Usually two small red ants are fighting big black ants. The whole area is covered with fighting ants. Both sides are determined to fight an equally fatal battle. In this war, red Republicans and black imperialists participated in the war. They are fighting more quietly and more seriously than human soldiers

Then the author will watch the couple embracing each other and fight until the end of the day or the end of their life. Red fighters are in enemy zones. He cut out one of the enemy's tentacles. The black ant ran from side to side on him and he killed some red ants. It seems that both sides have decided not to retreat. They want either win or dying. At that time, the red ant got excited and reached there. He never lost his limbs. He arrived to retaliate or save his patronoce like Achilles. When he seized the opportunity, he ran away black ants. Now, those three are fighting for life. The writer thinks that there are music bands that are excited by late warriors on both sides and that cheer dying warriors. They are like human beings. The more they are compared with humans, the smaller the difference between them. This battle has never happened there. They bravely fight the principle and are fighting like a patriot. The outcome of this battle will be important and memorable

The author picks up the struggling chip, carries it to his house and places it under the glass. He looked at the red ant with a microscope and saw that the ant trimmed the enemy's forelimb and that his chest was torn with black ants. Thirty minutes later he discovered that the black ant trimmed the head of the red ant and used them as a sign of victory. When the glass rises, the black ant will paralyze and will appear on the window frame. The writer is thinking about this fight all day, and he is saddened by the intense and widespread destruction.

Compared to the article by Virginia Woolf, Henry David Thoreau's "The Battle of Ants" is approaching the human life in a large-scale society by comparing ant behavior fighting our actions . This article describes Ali's battle Thoreau witnessed at his stake. He explained the battle of fierce ants, repeatedly comparing meaningless and emotionally inanimate ants with Achilles, Napoleon's great historical army and Concord patriots. As you can see from Concord's article, it is ironic to repeatedly compare the influence of ant fight against human courage and heroes. "There is no doubt that this is the principle that is fighting for their ancestors," Thoreau ridiculed the patriots and stated that the principles they are aiming are as important as the principle of small ants The author 's intention is to see through comparisons between human wars and meaningless ant behavior.

Battle allegory in David Thoreau's "Battle of Ali" The record of the reading of my choice was David Thoreau's "Battle of Ants." I chose this article because I think this is a strong article about interesting topics. I was surprised at that boring theme when I first read, but after reading a few times I began to see its true beauty. The story is about the government and war, and it is portrayed by a fight between ants and death. "Militant's army covered all the hills and valleys in my garden, regardless of whether it was red or black, the ground was scattered with all the dead and the dead."