Why does Thoreau reduce humans to the scale of ants in his work?

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to highlight the violent, controlling, and senseless aspects of human conflictto paint a striking and memorable imageto reveal his true purpose in writingto represent humans symbolically

Explanation

Thoreau uses the comparison to ants to emphasize the aggressive, domineering, and foolish nature of human warfare, illustrating how petty and destructive such conflicts can be.