Natural butterfly habitats have been destroyed or affected by construction of housing and shopping developments‚ as well as by the use of pesticides and other chemicals. You can provide a suitable butterfly habitat that will help fortify the butterfly population‚ and as an added bonus‚ the habitat will bring you enjoyment in watching beautiful butterflies in your yard. The butterfly habitat should be relatively sunny (5-6 hours per day) and out of the wind. Butterflies can get their required nutrients
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Butterflies are wonderful creatures. They can’t swim‚ but they sure are very very good at flying. They can fly for long long long long long distances and they are also good at eating and giving birth. They look beautiful. They used to be a creepy ant‚ but then they grew out of their “shell” and a beautiful butterfly cane out. Butterflies are spelt “”b u t t e r f l i e s”. There are tons of different types. “The Butterfly Website is the world’s oldest and largest website dedicated to butterflies
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In the epitaph "Minerva Jones" by Edgar Lee Masters I learned that she was looked at as a person with a "heavy body‚ cock-eye‚ and rolling walk" and that she was the village poetess. The people this poetess speaks about are as she refers to as "Yahoos of the street" these were the people who would hoot and jeer at her as she walked by because of her looks. She also says that someone named Butch Weldy captured her after a brutal hunt and that she "sank into death‚ growing numb from the feet up" she
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Butterfly Whenever I hear the word butterfly‚ the first word that will come to my mind is the word beautiful. Likewise‚I think the best example for beautiful is butterfly. For me‚ they compromise each other just like how their sounds were alike. If I were to describe a butterfly physically‚ first thing I would notice aside from how beautiful it was is that it was also small and being small makes them cuter than ever. Another thing is thatthere are tons of different types. Butterfly comes in different
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In‚ In the Time of the Butterflies written by Julia Alvarez shows that ordinary lives can lead to heroic action. This fascinating story that shows the true story about the love between four sisters‚ and their families. Julia tells all in her heroic story through one of the Mirabal sisters‚ Maria. Maria Teresa Mirabal the youngest of the sisters was very passionate about what she believed in. Maria always looked up to her older sister Minerva and decided to join her sisters in their political activities
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powerful god in Olympia he was well off. He was extremely jealous of his brother Jupiter‚ who was the king of the gods. Pluto spent many hours pondering on how he could become better and more powerful than his older brother. One day Pluto went to visit Minerva in hopes that she could make him richer and more powerful than Jupiter. Minerva’s temple was enormous with creamy white pillars reaching to the top of the clouds‚ gold piping lining the edges and extraordinary marble steps leading up to the temple
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In the time of the butterflies summary chapters 5-8 Chapter 5 Back in the present (1994)‚ Dede considers how Fela‚ their longtime servant‚ thinks that she is possessed by the spirits of the dead Mirabal sisters. She had accidentally come across Fela’s shrine to the girls one Friday in the shed behind the house. She had ordered Fela to move the shrine‚ but Minou scolded her for being intolerant. Minou often stops at the shrine‚ which is now down the street. She asks Dede where Lio Morales now lives
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Abuse of Power from Rafael Trujillo the Novel In the Time of Butterflies Abstract Dictator Rafael Trujillo ruled the Dominican Republic for over 30 years. He made his way to the top by destroying anyone that got in his way. This abuse of power continued throughout his reign as dictator. In the novel In the Time of Butterflies‚ Julia Alvarez gives numerous examples that express how Dictator Trujillo abused his power. Trujillo took away women’s rights ‚ took away prisoner’s rights‚ and took
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leave the country It’s a difficult read for this reason. It can be confusing at times‚ as it was for me. However‚ if you are looking for a fun novel‚ then read the novel. This story is in a way a story about the author’s life. Julia did come to the United States in 1960‚ when she was 10 years old. This was her first novel‚ and since then she has written many more. Some of them include In the Times of the Butterflies‚ iYo!‚ Something to Declare (non-fiction)‚ Homecoming (poem)‚ and finding miracles
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In her novel In the Time of the Butterflies‚ Julia Alvarez tells a tale that shows how life can be both beautiful and horrible at the same time. The book is set in the Dominican Republic‚ where an oppressive dictator named Trujillo is in power. Living under his iron fist is the Mirabal family‚ a relatively normal family with four beautiful daughters. While the girls are protected relatively well from Trujillo’s political patriarchy‚ a few of them are introduced to patriarchy via minor oppression
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