Leiningen vs. the Ants
... moats filled with water around his plantation. The outer moat failed because the ants just climbed over each other’s dead corpses. The inner moat also failed because the ants were so smart, that they climbed onto leaves and floated to the other side. The second conflict was Leiningen doubting his own plans. Even though Leiningen’s motto “the human brain needs only to become fully aware of its powers to conquer even the elements” was good and seemed reasonable, it failed to conquer the ants. Leiningen never seeing the ants but only hearing about them, thought that he could defeat them. But, by the time the ants had passed the first moat, Leiningen thought again. The ants were much cleverer than he had thought. The third conflict had the deepest effect on the story. Leiningen’s plantation workers started to doubt his plans. These quotes were pulled out of the story to prove that they doubted Leiningen’s plans: “They began to go on their knees and pray. Most were shrieking insanely, while others were firing their revolvers at t...