Rahel shows her anger at Ammu and her hatred towards Sophie Mol by squashing ants. Although Rahel's violence is only shown from the human perspective, the colony of ants can be seen as representing the people whom don’t pay attention to her or don’t see her like they see Sophie Mol. It also seems that the people in Ayemenem are just as weak and susceptible to violence or sudden death as the ants that she is killing.