The Battle of Stump-ton In the book, “Walden” by Henry David Thoreau, there a section devoted to the battle of ants. Thoreau’s subsequent narrative of the battle is very detailed and peppered with historical allusions. These allusions make the reader become “fired up” over the subject of war and patriotism. About seventy-five percent of this essay was about patriotism, heroism, and courage. After reading the essay, one gets the impression that Thoreau is making a mockery of humans in general. and heroes to the lowly, dung eating ants. At numerous times does he mention man-kinds greatest wars and heroes and than mentions the fierceness of the ants. One can conclude that Thoreau does not think too highly of humans on a whole. The first allusions of human battles and people is to the Trojan War. Thoreau m....

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