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