Butterfly

The Butterfly Effect was a movie that I had never seen before. When prompted to create a list of aspects that would cause this film to be considered “contemporary” literature, I was honestly quite confused. However, after the movie started to play I realized exactly what I was supposed to be searching for; topics in which would not have been proper in the past. There are abundant examples of social issues that have been taboo in the past (some of which still would be considered frowned upon).…

Introduces basic stroke technique in front crawl and back crawl and reinforces water safety through treading water and elementary backstroke. Students in stage 4 develop stroke technique in front crawl and back crawl and learn the breaststroke kick and butterfly kick. Water safety is reinforced through treading water and elementary backstroke. Endurance any stroke or combination of strokes, 25 yd. Front crawl rotary breathing, 15 yd. Back crawl 15…

When children are intrigued by the concept of time travel, others often warn them of the danger of killing a butterfly when visiting the past. A child’s favorite animal could become vastly genetically different or even extinct, catalyzed by the untimely killing of that one particular butterfly. This is a common science-fiction motif, aptly named the “butterfly effect.” The butterfly effect can be generally stated as “small changes can have large consequences,” but has been applied to many…

Monarch butterflies are bright orange with black and white markings on its wings. Males and females can be differentiated based on observing their hind wings; while males have a black spot at the center of each hind wing, females do not. These wings give males a selective advantage; they are able to attract female mates. Similar to migrating birds, the monarch butterflies use the clear benefit of updrafts of warm air, called “thermals” and glide as they migrate, to preserve the energy required…

observed in the Monarch Butterfly, Danaus plexippus Many Lepidoptera species thermo-regulate using several patterns, physical and behavioral. These patterns are usually observed as movements from the shade and cooler areas to a place exposed to the sun as well as utilizing mechanical flight to generate heat. However, some species have intermediate behavioral patterns, often a mixture of basking and heat production, also known as endothermy (Kingsolver 1985). For monarch butterflies, the…

Pilates is named after Joseph Pilates. Joseph Pilates was born on December 9, 1883 in Monchengladbach, Germany. He was a sickly child who got bullied and he became determined to make himself stronger and healthier. He invented Pilates as a new method to work out and in the early years of the last century. Pilates primarily focus is on improving litheness, strength, and body mindfulness, without necessarily having to work out at the gym and lift weights. Pilates is primary a resistance exercise,…

in the Amazon Rainforests where she spends most of her time wandering the forest floor. Tazanna also spend most of her time watching all of her fellow caterpillars turn into beautiful butterflies . All Tazanna wishes about is to turn into a most beautiful butterflies anyone has every seen in the history of butterflies . For her it's taking longer to chrysalis so she has made friends with a black and blue poison dart frog called Noah . Tazanna is also friends with Emma which is a green,pink…

The most common theme in the book is the ongoing struggle of the Butterflies against the government. When the flashback first begins, this particular theme is surfaced during a conversation between the Mirabal family, discussing the idea of Minevra becoming a lawyer. In effect their mother exclaimed jokingly, “Just what we need, skirts in the law!” (Alvarez 10) Minerva insisted that the claim was true, insisting that that, “It’s about time we women had a voice in running our country.” (Alvarez…

The butterfly effect is a very interesting theory that states a small change, like hurting a butterfly, could completely change the future. In the story “A Sound of Thunder” by Ray Bradbury, a group of people travel back in time to hunt a dinosaur. When these people traveled back in time, the main character Eckels, is believed to have caused a change in the future after the hunt goes bad. Eckels stepped off the path, allegedly changing the future; However, there are other factors that could…

Throughout history, texts have been utilized as a medium to critique the potential dangers of scientific research when incentivised by personal profits. Caswell’s 1992 novel, ‘A Cage of Butterflies’ explores this through the thematic concern of science as a double edged sword, reflecting his own context where issues of air pollution and animal cruelty were coming to be understood as the ramifications of scientific research. Whilst science can be connoted to efficiency and benefiting to the human…