Isolation, Out casting and Obscuring the Truth Towards Those Who Are Considered Different or Gifted in a Normal Society
"A Cage of Butterflies," written by Brian Caswell, tells a story of confinement, discrimination and obscuring the truth, as gifted people try to fit into “normal” society. The main characters, Greg and the others at the Think Tank, live in an isolated world that considers them as outcasts of humanity, affecting their lives currently and possibly in the future. This 'normal' society, treats people who are 'gifted' or 'different' in a way that blocks out, sequesters and outcast those that do not seem to fit in. This can lead people who are treated this way to pretend to be someone they are not. This fake mask that they put …show more content…
Chris is one of the examples that readers come across as someone who is forced to be a character that they are not. He faked his whole schooling life, pretending to be 'normal', acting dumb. "He'd faked enough mistakes to keep him near the middle of the class… but they got him in the end," (Caswell, 1992, Pg. 10) and sent him to a place where there are others just like him, misfits in the world of 'normal'. Greg described it as, "You just couldn't live your whole live under a lie like that." (Caswell 1992, Pg.10) stating that Chris was somewhat relieved that he didn't have to pretend any longer. Hiding away your genius under a rock, just to fit in, is a suitable way to shield your feelings, from the harm of others, that do not like the look of 'gifted' or 'different people. Greg also says "…that's why most of us like it here. It's a place where we don't have to pretend to be anything but what we are." (Caswell, 1992, Pg. 9). Now that Chris and the others are together, they do not have to pretend and fear, that they will be judged, by their peers or other adults. They do not have to fear, fit in or be 'normal', they can be who they are in the 'think tank' and never be someone they’re not. Greg and the others will have to realize that in 'normal' society, they will have to coverup who they really are to be counted as
"A Cage of Butterflies," written by Brian Caswell, tells a story of confinement, discrimination and obscuring the truth, as gifted people try to fit into “normal” society. The main characters, Greg and the others at the Think Tank, live in an isolated world that considers them as outcasts of humanity, affecting their lives currently and possibly in the future. This 'normal' society, treats people who are 'gifted' or 'different' in a way that blocks out, sequesters and outcast those that do not seem to fit in. This can lead people who are treated this way to pretend to be someone they are not. This fake mask that they put …show more content…
Chris is one of the examples that readers come across as someone who is forced to be a character that they are not. He faked his whole schooling life, pretending to be 'normal', acting dumb. "He'd faked enough mistakes to keep him near the middle of the class… but they got him in the end," (Caswell, 1992, Pg. 10) and sent him to a place where there are others just like him, misfits in the world of 'normal'. Greg described it as, "You just couldn't live your whole live under a lie like that." (Caswell 1992, Pg.10) stating that Chris was somewhat relieved that he didn't have to pretend any longer. Hiding away your genius under a rock, just to fit in, is a suitable way to shield your feelings, from the harm of others, that do not like the look of 'gifted' or 'different people. Greg also says "…that's why most of us like it here. It's a place where we don't have to pretend to be anything but what we are." (Caswell, 1992, Pg. 9). Now that Chris and the others are together, they do not have to pretend and fear, that they will be judged, by their peers or other adults. They do not have to fear, fit in or be 'normal', they can be who they are in the 'think tank' and never be someone they’re not. Greg and the others will have to realize that in 'normal' society, they will have to coverup who they really are to be counted as