Evaluation:
Published: 01.12.1996.
Language: English
Level: Secondary school
Literature: n/a
References: Not used
  • Essays 'Leiningen Versus the Ants', 1.
Extract

The Killer Ants
Overconfident: Excessively confident; presumptuous. Leiningen, a plantation owner, is an overconfident man who believes that nothing, not even elements-"act of God" can intimidate or defeat him. He boastfully states, "I'm not going to run from it just because an elementals on the way....When I began this model farm plantation three years ago, I took into account all that could conceivably happen to it. And now I'm ready for anything and everything-including your ants". Not even the Brazilian official's thought-provoking words would make him think twice of his actions. From…

Atlants