Even though nests, hives, and stations disappear physically, they are “still part of elusive world that existed nowhere and yet everywhere” (160) in the characters’ hearts. With reference to structure, “The Brown Wasps” is concise and carefully constructed into four anecdotes which develop independently and are seemingly unrelated; however, the same theme of the homing instinct combines all of them tightly, making the essay whole. The essay begins with a description of a place in a train station where homeless men sleep to reveal the concept of belonging.
The Large Ant, written by Howard Fast, uses the act of murder and human nature to explore the ratio of good and evil. In the following paragraphs, I will show the symbolism for the unknown in this reading by providing the background, clarifications and examples as it is related to its appearance, intelligence and situations of sudden confrontation. The story begins in the first person narrative by the protagonist, Morgan, relaxing at the cottage on the St. Regis chain of lakes. While lying in his bed, reading “Life on the Mississippi, Morgan notices an unusually large ant-like creature on the foot of his bed. In a state of panic, Morgan’s first reaction was to grab the nearest object, a golf club and hit the creature.
The creature “raised its dripping mouth from the rimstone pool and stared into the light with eyes dead white and sightless as the eggs of a spiders.” The creature represents the fall of humanity. The light represents many things throughout the novel, but in this case seems to represent hope for humanity. Humans want to be good and follow the light, but the order and morals of the human race are already to far gone. The world is in chaos and people are just trying to survive and only worrying about themselves. The creature is described as pale and naked and translucent.
The beginning of Linda Hogan’s essay “Dwellings” the descriptions of the intricate tunnels at the face of the rock wall, like hundreds of small caves, made me think of what the human race might look like from a different perspective. We look at our homes and communities in such a way that allow us to continue through our lives seeking happiness and fretting over things that don’t really matter. But we rarely look at what the scope of our lives might be. The single sentence, “This hill is a place that could be the starry skies at night turned inward into the thousand round holes where solitary bees have lived and died,” (456-457) strikes fear into anyone’s heart who is living a life of passivity and actions based on whim, especially those solitary. To compare your life and all your efforts to those of creatures here on this earth with shorter live-spans creates an odd perspective not to be disregarded.
C. Ravi squashes a spider that had been tickling his neck. D. The children continue playing their funeral game. Question 7 Read these sentences from the beginning of a short story. I guess I should have
Since they like to spin in the dark, Julia and Patrick work to change their habitat. However, they find that it’s impossible to video tape in darkness. Kenny suggests a plan that works for them. They all love watching the process. Julia decides on an embroidery project – the Life Cycle of a Silkworm.
The story begins on a gloomy day and the introduction of the angel brings an out of the world element into the story. Again the arrival of the spider-woman, a magical non-human also catches the attention of children. While she is a magical creature in looks, the reason for her condition – lack of obedience- is one that all children can relate to. Besides magical realism, the author has also used imagery to make the story vivid. He starts with the descriptions such as “March nights glimmered like powdered light”, “a stew of mud and rotten shellfish”, and continues to hold attention throughout the story by references such as “the back side of his wings was strewn with parasites” and “a whirlwind of chicken dung and lunar dust”.
One thought that Dillard spends a lot of time describing in her writing is the image of the dead insect corpses left from the spider in her bathroom. The corpses seemed so insignificant and unneeded, especially because even the spider saw no value in them (it only wanted what could keep it alive). These corpses seem to represent what a life would be like to die without accomplishment. They are like forgotten souls who failed to leave a mark on the world. "Yet under the web are sixteen or so corpses she has tossed to the floor," is a significant line because although they aren't recognized as anything greater than a dead bug, they served a purpose to keep another life (the spider) alive.
With Ite (“Face”), Wind has four sons known as the Four Winds. Among them is a devious tricky spirit, Inktomi (“Spider”). Spider hatches a devious plan to improve Ite’s status. The plan is an affair between Ite and Sun. The punishment is that Moon is given her own realm away from the Sun thus creating time.
When first entering a spider’s web Portia has been observed to broadcast a kaleidoscope of diverse vibratory signals across its victims, the resident spider’s web (Jackson & Wilcox, 1993b). Portia produces these signals by manipulating the web using its eight legs, two palps and abdomen singly or in combination. The resident spider responds to these signals similarly to when an insect is ensnared in its web. Oblivious to Portia’s presence, once its victim gets close,