One of the main features in A Cage of Butterflies by Brian Caswell is the overwhelming fear of the exploitation and exclusion that Greg and the others have to face both inside and outside the institution. Throughout this novel Brian Caswell explains how hard it can be for someone to fit in with ‘normal’ society when they clearly are not normal. He explores the feelings and thoughts of these extraordinary young prodigies who were put in one of the worst situations thinkable. During this time the teenagers and babies do not only fear being exploited whilst inside the institute but also fears the memories of being out in “normal” society and being virtually alone.
Every person has their biggest fears. For some it is being locked away where no …show more content…
They would name the discovery after the discoverer. Larsen’s syndrome (p.39). It had a nice ring to it.” This quote shows how Larsen didn’t care about whom or what he hurt as long as he got what he wanted which in this case was fame and fortune. This is what they all had to fear most. Later on in the institute the teenagers who call themselves the ‘Think Tank’ discover that they are not the only ones in the institute. “The teenagers refer to the institute as ‘the farm’ and call themselves the ‘think tank’ as they feel that they are like ‘experimental white mice, following . . . mazes, performing meaningless party tricks . . .”(p.35). They found this out after one of the babies, Myriam, “contacted” Katie and then eventually all of the adolescents. The babies did this because they were becoming increasingly worried about Larsen and what he might do to them. Now the teenagers did not only have to worry about themselves, they also had to worry about the safety of their new friends, the babies. Although the teenagers had things to fear inside the institute, they were much better off than the babies. The babies …show more content…
The reason for this is because of the “sharing”. In the novel, the babies were all born normal and healthy. This is until one dreadful day that they all encountered that changed their lives forever. They all developed a fever and came close to death. Two major sections of their brains joined together which allowed these two sections to communicate. This provided them with the ability of telepathy. Although this ability at first sounds like nothing but good, it crowded their minds and forced them to put up a shield that forced silence into their minds but yet impaired their communication with the outside world. It was not until the babies were brought together that they could share the weight of the shield and develop and use their telepathy. This is the only way that the babies can be happy and feel free. Greg thinking to himself about the babies and reflects, “I’ll admit, it hadn’t crossed my mind that they wouldn’t want to go home.”(p.106). This quote from the book is explaining how the babies did not want to go home and leave each other because they felt that they were each other’s real family. For the babies they would have rather died than have to leave each other and lose the “sharing”.
One of the main features in A Cage of Butterflies by Brian Caswell is the overwhelming fear that Greg and the others have to face. In the novel the
Every person has their biggest fears. For some it is being locked away where no …show more content…
They would name the discovery after the discoverer. Larsen’s syndrome (p.39). It had a nice ring to it.” This quote shows how Larsen didn’t care about whom or what he hurt as long as he got what he wanted which in this case was fame and fortune. This is what they all had to fear most. Later on in the institute the teenagers who call themselves the ‘Think Tank’ discover that they are not the only ones in the institute. “The teenagers refer to the institute as ‘the farm’ and call themselves the ‘think tank’ as they feel that they are like ‘experimental white mice, following . . . mazes, performing meaningless party tricks . . .”(p.35). They found this out after one of the babies, Myriam, “contacted” Katie and then eventually all of the adolescents. The babies did this because they were becoming increasingly worried about Larsen and what he might do to them. Now the teenagers did not only have to worry about themselves, they also had to worry about the safety of their new friends, the babies. Although the teenagers had things to fear inside the institute, they were much better off than the babies. The babies …show more content…
The reason for this is because of the “sharing”. In the novel, the babies were all born normal and healthy. This is until one dreadful day that they all encountered that changed their lives forever. They all developed a fever and came close to death. Two major sections of their brains joined together which allowed these two sections to communicate. This provided them with the ability of telepathy. Although this ability at first sounds like nothing but good, it crowded their minds and forced them to put up a shield that forced silence into their minds but yet impaired their communication with the outside world. It was not until the babies were brought together that they could share the weight of the shield and develop and use their telepathy. This is the only way that the babies can be happy and feel free. Greg thinking to himself about the babies and reflects, “I’ll admit, it hadn’t crossed my mind that they wouldn’t want to go home.”(p.106). This quote from the book is explaining how the babies did not want to go home and leave each other because they felt that they were each other’s real family. For the babies they would have rather died than have to leave each other and lose the “sharing”.
One of the main features in A Cage of Butterflies by Brian Caswell is the overwhelming fear that Greg and the others have to face. In the novel the