Butterfly

Symbolism can be found in your dreams and everyday real life. Whether it is present in a piece of art, in a book, or in a movie; symbolism’s main goal is to provide a deeper meaning. Symbols are often repeated throughout a story and their meanings are not always clear (Duckart). Critical thinking may be required to decipher a symbol, but getting a story, or artworks full message is only accomplished by reading in between the lines. Movies and art work in the same way as books, they don’t rely on…

Part 1 (usually we center this left, and keep it bolded rather than underlined) In “Action Observation and Acquired Motor Skills: An fMRI Study with Expert Dancers” by Calvo-Merino et al., (usually you have to list all of the researchers names the first time before saying et al. et al is used as an abbreviation after first stating all those included in the process) the process studied was action observation. Through studying the acquired motor skill, dancing, Calvo-Merino et al. sought to…

to be the dead soldier who is yearning for peace and happiness, but he killed the soldier, at the same time, maybe, he saw his own future. When someone could kill a person who have the similar dream like himself, this must be a horror thing. The butterfly and the blue flowers appeared many times in the article, both of them contrasted with death. Although the soldier died, the life goes on, a person’s life seems so small in the war. The readers would feel horrible because the gap between reality…

confidence man also used a variety of figurative language when persuading his benefactors. An effective analogy the confidence man fabricated, relates children to caterpillars. He inquires, “Was the caterpillar one creature, and is the butterfly another? The butterfly is the caterpillar in a gaudy cloak; stripped of which, there lies the impostor's long spindle of a body, pretty much worm-shaped as before"(194). The analogy means while a caterpillar might begin life with a horrific appearance…

Bt Corn “In the United States, 33% of all crops are lost to disease, weeds, and insects. Since the 1940s, crop losses due to insects have risen from about 7 to 13%” (Linacre, Thompson, 2003). GMO 's are foods that have been genetically modified to control for pest, control food spoilage, or to make our foods bigger. Scientist do this by inserting genes of different species into our foods. One of those foods that have been genetically modified is our corn. BT corn was genetically changed by…

Name_______________________ Per. _____ A Sound of Thunder By Ray Bradbury I. PRE-READING QUESTIONS: Answer the following questions in complete sentences 1. Can one small decision or action (say leaving your house a second or two late) change the course of a person’s life? Explain. Yes because if you make a decision to leave the house a little late the is a very small chance something terrible can happen like a car crashes into your house where you are…

As one of Emily Dickinson’s few poems that were published during her life, “I taste a liquor never brewed” explores the complexity of nature and its intoxicating power. Dickinson employs an extended metaphor of drunkenness to convey the captivation that the beauty of nature provides (“Overview”). Written in alternating verses of iambic tetrameter and iambic trimeter, four quatrains comprise the entirety of this lyrical poem. All of the verses follow this pattern with the exception of verse 15:…

What is JOY? JOY is an emotion, something that a person can feel. JOY ia an aspect of life . Joy is great happiness.JOY is what i feel when I awkae in the mornings. I am JOYful bevause I am happy to be alive. JOY is usceess in finding, doing, reciving, and giving. On Thanksgiving Day, Grandma feels the JOY that everyone shares from the close proximity of loved ones. JOY is felt when children receive gifts on Christmas Day. JOY is felt when high school sweethearts are married. Graduating…

positive and negative connotations and a vivid yet disturbing description of the scene. Butterflies, which hold positive connotations, adds to the mood of the passage. Typically, butterflies are majestic and peaceful because they represent the beauty of nature and and spring. However, in the passage, flies-not butterflies- were found in the scene. Flies hold connotations for disease and death. By excluding butterflies and incorporating flies into the scene, the mood of the passage feels…

Wilson told us what groups everyone got into. My classmates got into butterfly group #1, butterfly group #2, and butterfly group #3. I however, didn’t get into any of those groups. Ms. Wilson put me in a group all by myself. She told my parents is was because I was so behind compared to my classmates and that I would benefit from just having that…