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Leingen vs. The Ants
short story
Question | Answer |
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Who is the protagonist in "Leiningen V.S. The Ants"? | Leiningen |
What are three antagonists? | Ants, Brazilian Officer, Self |
Author of the "Leiningen" | Carl Stephenson |
Setting | Plantation in Brazil |
Point of view | third person objective |
Person vs. Person | Leiningen vs. official and Leiningen vs. Ants |
Person vs. Self | Leiningen vs. self (leave or stay--ego) and Leiningen's intelligence vs. local people |
Person vs. nature | Leiningen vs. ants, Leiningen vs. drought, floods, and plague, |
Person vs. Machine | Leiningen vs. plantation and Leiningen vs. ditch-water-dam |
Person vs. Fate | Leiningen vs. Ants coming in two days and Leiningen vs. control of his own fate |
Person vs. society | Leiningen vs. Brazilian official and Leiningen vs. ants society(marching) |
what does water symbolize in the story? | Baptism and rebirth |
What is one allusion in the story? | Dante's Hell |
Why is it a cautionary tale? | Its a warning for world domination and Hitler WWII |