Literary Criticism
Introduction
The Hope for the Flowers of Trina Paulus started when Stripe was born. He saw other crawlers who were climbing a tree for them to reach the top. It was climb or be climbed. Stripe chose to climb and not mind other crawlers. He was very persistent to reach the top. He stepped on them and continued this single –minded approach. One day, he met a caterpillar named Yellow. They immediately fell in love with each other. Yellow encouraged him to just go down and not continue the climb. He agreed and they lived forgetting about the ‘top’. Later, three caterpillars fell off the tree. They left a conundrum to Stripe. His curiosity to go up fired up again. He left Yellow who chose to stay down the tree. Yellow became sad but he met a grey-haired caterpillar. It was entering the cocoon to be a butterfly. The grey-haired caterpillar explained what a butterfly is and encouraged her to be one. However reluctant, she agreed and became a beautiful butterfly. Stripe, on the other hand, became ruthless and single-minded to reach the top. When he was almost there, he realized that there was nothing on the top. The mystery of the ‘top’ was revealed. Later on, there was a commotion. Most of the caterpillars were pushing each other to be on top. He struggled until a butterfly came near him. He avoided it but he remembered Yellow. Then came the realization that the right way to be on top is not to climb but to fly. He came down, this time, looking at the other crawlers and when he woke up, he saw a beautiful butterfly. It was acting as if indicating him to enter the cocoon. He entered it and darkness filled him. He realized that he has to let go of everything. With that, hope was born.
Part I
My Author – Dependent Interpretation
Historical – Biographical Approach and Moral Philosophical Approach
Historical-Biographical Approach
Illumination
Trina Paulus was born in 1931 in Cleveland, Ohio. They lived in Cleveland Heights in an ordinary house but with
The Hope for the Flowers of Trina Paulus started when Stripe was born. He saw other crawlers who were climbing a tree for them to reach the top. It was climb or be climbed. Stripe chose to climb and not mind other crawlers. He was very persistent to reach the top. He stepped on them and continued this single –minded approach. One day, he met a caterpillar named Yellow. They immediately fell in love with each other. Yellow encouraged him to just go down and not continue the climb. He agreed and they lived forgetting about the ‘top’. Later, three caterpillars fell off the tree. They left a conundrum to Stripe. His curiosity to go up fired up again. He left Yellow who chose to stay down the tree. Yellow became sad but he met a grey-haired caterpillar. It was entering the cocoon to be a butterfly. The grey-haired caterpillar explained what a butterfly is and encouraged her to be one. However reluctant, she agreed and became a beautiful butterfly. Stripe, on the other hand, became ruthless and single-minded to reach the top. When he was almost there, he realized that there was nothing on the top. The mystery of the ‘top’ was revealed. Later on, there was a commotion. Most of the caterpillars were pushing each other to be on top. He struggled until a butterfly came near him. He avoided it but he remembered Yellow. Then came the realization that the right way to be on top is not to climb but to fly. He came down, this time, looking at the other crawlers and when he woke up, he saw a beautiful butterfly. It was acting as if indicating him to enter the cocoon. He entered it and darkness filled him. He realized that he has to let go of everything. With that, hope was born.
Part I
My Author – Dependent Interpretation
Historical – Biographical Approach and Moral Philosophical Approach
Historical-Biographical Approach
Illumination
Trina Paulus was born in 1931 in Cleveland, Ohio. They lived in Cleveland Heights in an ordinary house but with
Cited: http://www.hopefortheflowers.org/index.html, February 2013. Paulus, Trina. http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/55572.Trina_Paulus, February 2013.