There was once a Kingdom of butterflies, and the King and Queen had three little baby girl caterpillars. As time went on, two of the caterpillars grew big and beautiful, they were plump, and had lavender stripes on them. While the third was scrawny, wrinkled, dry and ugly. One day, their mom the Queen told them that she was getting old, and would need someone to take her place. She explained that the most beautiful butterfly, after they all cocooned, would take the throne.
Time went by fast, and the pretty caterpillars were getting better looking, deeper colored, and more striped. They each thought they would win for sure. While the third one was still ugly, skinny, and blotchy. She new she would never even have a chance at winning.
Finally, the day came and all three of them cocooned. The next days were filled with suspense for the whole Kingdom. Two and a half weeks later, the cocoons started to hatch open. The first beautiful caterpillar revealed herself as a gorgeous fuchsia butterfly. The queen thought that her first offspring would win for sure. Then, the second beautiful butterfly appeared, and it was just as gorgeous as the first, except chartreuse in color. The Queen thought that this was going to be a very tough decision. Finally, the scrawny caterpillar emerged butt first, in an awkward position. The queen was starting to feel bad, but then the little caterpillar turned around no one could believe their eyes! It was the most stunning butterfly they had ever seen. It had fuchsia, chartreuse, and periwinkle stripes, and had huge dazzling wings.
The Queen was very proud and gave crown to the third butterfly, and the other two were gracious losers. The sisters of the new Queen became royal advisers, and they all lived happily 'til the end of their days.
Thursday, October 24, 2013
We Breathed You In Poem Analysis
I think that the poem "I Breathed You In" by Patti Tana was a touching piece. Symbolically, the author wants to tell the people that died on 9/11 that they will always be with us. The tone of this poem is kind of depressed yet good. While everyone is quite sad about everyone dying, they know that the lost will be forever remembered. When Tana says, "Now your souls reside inside our cells, our thoughts," she means that no matter what, everyone will always be part of us. Overall, I think this was a very well written symbolic piece of sadness and beauty.
The Pearl Theme
The theme of the story "The Pearl" by John Steinbeck is that you don't always get what you want. This is shown threw the character Kino. He is constantly trying to get what is best for him and his family, but he always seems to fall short. Even though he is helped by his wife, his brother and luck. That is because you don't always get what you want. Like when Kino tries to sell his pearl for a lot of money. ""I am cheated," Kino cried fiercely. "My pearl is not for sale here."
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