Butterflies
by Patricia Grace
Theme
Linguistic means
The girl in the story are not alowed to do what she want and express herselfe
Cultural differences
Repetition
Motive
Girl living with her strict grandparents on a cabbage farm.
The girl goes to school with a story about how she kills butterflies. her teacher reads it and tell her that butterflies are beautiful creatures.
Grandfather say that the teacher said this because the buy cabbages at the supermarked.
Composition
Cronological
Dialogue
Hallmarks for a shortstory
Short
Few people
Viewpoint
In medias res - start in the middle of the story
In medias res
Open ending
Third person
Caracters
Maincaracter: the girl
Grandfather and grandmother
Teacher
Metafores
The grandparents are the one killing the buterflies
"She is fine"
"Do what she say"
"Listen to the teacher
The are wery strict and conservative
Seems kind, loving and understanding
More like a "free spirit"
Live on a farm
Conflict
Inside conflict between the grandparents and the girl
Setting
On a farm
Grandparents home
Friendly neighbourhood
New Zealand - Maori
Lack of education
Butterflies can ruin the grandparents crop
Limited knowledge
Simplisity
language
sentences
underlines the peaceful mood