tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3953690364532718935.post8437454532364234335..comments2024-03-10T15:20:30.552-05:00Comments on stmhumanities: Ants!Mrs.Qhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17626503384057111894noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3953690364532718935.post-9820391136498786562011-10-29T17:22:49.410-05:002011-10-29T17:22:49.410-05:00To me, ants can symbolize a plethora of various t...To me, ants can symbolize a plethora of various things. For example, yes they can be used to symbolize decay because they eat things...and theyre gross; but they can also symbolize teamwork because every ant has a specific job to benefit the colony. For theyre many symbolc meanings, ants constantly appear in literature.Christine Catinishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07988912740791725983noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3953690364532718935.post-47869944526345197782011-10-29T16:25:35.553-05:002011-10-29T16:25:35.553-05:00I like that ants appear over and over again within...I like that ants appear over and over again within the works that we are reading. It shows that authors think that ants symbolize the same thing, death and decay. This becomes very apparent in 100 years of solitude when the ants show up as the house decays from all its glory in the previous years.Malloryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01949461544938544945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3953690364532718935.post-42885031315582292222011-10-29T13:04:16.720-05:002011-10-29T13:04:16.720-05:00I agree that the ants symbolize the end of "m...I agree that the ants symbolize the end of "man created time." I find it interesting that people have had such different views of mankind through the ages. Some civilizations see life as a wonderful thing that just gets better in the afterlife, while others view life is something unimportant and ephemeral.alybhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03507543304546945675noreply@blogger.com