Many of the characters from the novel Moth Smoke by Mohsin Hamid seem to be heading on an incendiary path to destruction. Murad is selling drugs while owning a rickshaw business and Daru is bankrupt without a job. Daru and Mumtaz are having an affair while her husband, Ozi, is wrapped up into the life of money and power. Their love triangle is a metaphor for the current violence between Pakistan and India over the mountainous region of Kashmir. All four of these characters are choosing paths that will lead them to destruction over time. From the moment Daru and Mumtaz set eyes upon each other, a dangerous spark between them was present. Daru's best friend, Ozi, is Mumtaz's husband. It was easy to talk to one another, but as time continued, the talking became more flirtatious. Things became slightly more personal and then finally they had sex. When we get home we kiss, again on the lips, soft and tender an brief, like a kiss between friends, except I always kiss my friends on the cheek (143. Hamid). This demonstrates the dangerous choice they both make. Ozi is rich and powerful unlike Daru who lost his job and whose life is falling apart. This means Ozi can control what happens in Daru's life and can get away with it. Then, he ignites like a ball of hair, curling into an oily puff of fumes with a hiss. The candle flame flickers and dims for a moment, then burns as bright as before. Moth smoke lingers. (151. Hamid). This is a metaphor of Daru and Mumtazs affair. Daru is represented by the moth and Mumtaz is represented by the candle; Daru is flying to his death by having an affair with Mumtaz. He'll end up as nothing but moth smoke. Mumtaz, on the other hand, has not much to lose because this affair. She and Ozi have grown their separate ways, and the connection they once had no longer exists. The only reason she hadn't left him is because of their child whom she doesn't even love. The only destruction she is heading for would be the change of class and a disintegrated marriage.
Explore the way Hamid presents this encounter at the start of the novel, "The Reluctant Fundamentalist". Moshin Hamid begins the passage with a solicitous and beguiling question which sets the tone and voice of the narrator for the rest of the novel. ...
Wax Moth's mature, pupae, and egg individual stages do not do damage to honeycombs. ... Wax moths pose one of the greatest threats to weaker bee colonies. ... The hives become weak and low in numbers because of starvation, excessive swarming of moths or they simply cannot effectively guard off the hive against the moth infestation (Taylor et al. 1989). ... There are many different techniques to eliminate the wax moths however; the most effective removal of wax moths is from the bees themselves. ... However, avoiding and removing wax moths is an easy process if caught early....
In the short story, Death Of a Moth, Dillard conveys the meaning of loss and gain through syntax, tone, and diction. ... With these details, Dillard describes the nature of the moth and its death as stunning and unparalleled. Dillard uses the imagery of the moth-candle so that the reader is able to see her own views of inspiration; the moth is Dillard's own ideas and how it still lives on through the light of the flame. The importance of the story is not that the moth dies, but that the idea lives on just like how the moth caught fire and stayed alight "until I blew her out." Di...
They were both having lunch until they heard the front door open, with a voice coming from a manly background, Sajda sat her boyfriend down in the living room and went into the kitchen to tell her mother who she had brought home, but Saida had this weird feeling it might be Ali, so she asked Sajda who it was and Sajda replied mum its Mohsin, my boyfriend, that was the moment when everyone went silent. Saida went into the living room and saw Mohsin, they both greeted each other respectively and Saida just threw hundreds of questions to him at once, he was shocked but very scared. Sajda said...
When the industrial revolution occurred, the trees became darker from smoke and grime "and birds began eating the lighter moths. In the 1850s, about 98% of the uneaten peppered moths were light-colored. ... The change from light to dark moths began to happen there also. The smoke and smog from the factories there also darkened the trunks of the trees where the moths rested. Therefore, the dark trees made the lighter moths easy for the birds to eat. ...
In 1876 the Ottoman Empire fell into the hands of the new Sultan Abdul Hamid II, a man who openly expressed his distain toward Armenians, often referred to them as an "anathema" or abomination.1 Arminius Vambery, a Jewish born atheist and friend of the Sultan tells of a peaceful meeting between the two where Sultan Hamid openly says to Vambery that he intends to give the Armenians a "box on the ear [the eventual massacres] which will make them smart and relinquish their revolutionary ambitions."2 In reference to the revolutionary ambitions Hamid spoke of, in the mid-1880s n...
Introduction Plodia Interpunctella commonly referred to as the Indianmeal moth is a serious pest to stored grain that causes millions of dollar worth of damage to the agricultural industry in many countries in North America as well in Europe and Australia. ... Similarly another laboratory study found that codling moths, Carpocapsa pomonella were stimulated into normal oviposition from violet light than any other color in the visible spectrum (Headlee, 1932). A study on the silkworm, Bombyx mori also showed that like the codling and oriental peach moths the activity and development of the...
When you smoke cigarettes or cigars the tobacco causes you to get lung diseases and fills your lungs up with tar. ... It causes moth diseases and cancer of the mouth. ... I know that if you smoke or chew tobacco it will make you sick and kills you from the inside out. ... Also I have learned that second hand smoke is bad for you too. So don't smoke and try to stay away from people when they are smoking and stay away from smoking areas where there is allot of smoke in the air. ...
