Comparing A Cage of butterflies to Mission to mars Essay

How Babies Talk is a book written by Roberta Michnick Golinkoff and Kathy Hirsh-Pasek. The book discusses how babies acquire language throughout various stages (The first three years of life) of their infant life. The chapter I chose to elaborate on was chapter 7, which outlines language and grammar between the ages of twenty-four to thirty-six months.

Science Fiction is a genre that can be difficult to define. Many stories may conform to the idea of ‘what if’. As a functional genre it presents the reader with alternative possibilities using current issues in society. A Cage of Butterflies by Brian Caswell is about a group of highly intelligent children known as the ‘Think Tank’, who are put into an institute (the farm), because of their physical deformities. They encounter the presence of a group of young paranormal children (the babies) with whom they can communicate with telepathically. The Think Tank strives to rescue the Babies and encounter many hidden secrets within the farm and the evil plans of Larsen (head scientist) for fame and fortune. Caswell explores the ides of human

Mars is a very cooled planet, the average temperature on mars is at least minus 80 degrees, that’s way below freezing. Mars surface is very rocky with canyons, volcanos, dry lake beds and also craters all over mars. Red dust mostly covers most of mars surface. Mars is about one third of the gravity of earths atmosphere. If someone were to go to mars and they weighed at least 100 pounds they would weigh only about 37 pounds because of the reduced gravity. Mars atmosphere contains 95 percent more of carbon dioxide and less then 1 percent oxygen.

In the initial few months babies will recognise familiar voices and faces, they will try to 'people please' and bay for attention by performing for their audience through laughter and giggles. They will enjoy playing games with others such as peek a boo.

It is believed that babies develop language when they are in the utero and it continues throughout their lifetime. By twelve weeks old, babies may register the sounds they can hear and at the same time make basic visual, auditory and tactile mind maps (Karen Kearns, 2013, P.105). This allows the infant to turn towards any familiar sounds and noises. Babies begin to communicate with people around them quite quickly. By two months old, babies begin to make ‘cooing’ and other noises; this indicates the phonological component of language development. By six to nine months babies begin to experience with a mixture of sounds, and often you will hear a baby babbling. Babbling development is similar across many different languages and even hearing impaired babies will go through this stage. They may copy the sounds they are introduced too or beginning to recognize familiar

In the Time of the Butterflies during the 1940s, in the Dominican Republic, the ruler or dictator Rafael Leonidas Trujillo punished people if they didn’t do as he told them and plenty of other cruel things. He ruled for about 30 years, so the people were tortured for quite a long time. He became the dictator by eliminating everyone who had power above him. He even married his wives just to use them to get the the top and control everyone. It was just an unfair way to handle things and an unfair country overall. In her book, “In the Time of the Butterflies,” Julia Alvarez incorporates the history of the famous Mirabal sisters by telling the history of their life and how it was back then for their Dominican Republic country. Julia Alvarez

Language Development: Baby will make a lot of noises, often happy sounds and when they are distressed and upset they need to hear a familiar sound such as a mums voice.

Death is a word associated with loss, grief and sadness, but in the novel In the Time of the Butterflies we see death in a whole new perspective; martyrdom. Strong, independent, caring, honest, and having firm beliefs are all characteristics we see in a martyr especially in Patria. In the novel we explore the wonders of Julia Alvarez’s writing and get to witness Patria as a martyr and an individual who fought for the right of women against a dictator: Trujillo.

“Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore.” (Andre Gide) In the novel, In the Time of the Butterflies, written by Julia Alvarez, four sisters are led through a risk infested journey in which they must overcome hindrances with hollow consequences. This historical fiction novel takes us through a rollercoaster of events, incorporating everything from the partialities towards women, to life below the oppressive administration of the Dominican Republic’s dictator, Rafael Trujillo. The events painted by the four sisters give us some insight as to the positives and negatives of life in the Dominican Republic. As the novel progresses, we see the diversity in relation to the

Don't underestimate children's ability to communicate even though their verbal language skills may be nonexistent or minimal (Gonzalez-Mena & Eyer, 2015, p. 6). For this principle to tell the differences between each infant cries, words, movements, and facial expressions I would learn their unique ways of communicating by spending time with time.

There are many instances of Foster’s How to Read Literature Like a Professor being applicable to In the Time of the Butterflies. One such instance of this is the appearance of the bible in the novel. Religion had a large impact on the Mirabal sisters, especially Patria who was more in touch with her religion than the other sisters. This is increasingly apparent in her views of Pedrito who she calls her earthly groom. Also, Trujillo is similar to a god through his use of spies, through which he can see everything, and his authoritative rule over the Dominican Republic.

Julia Alvarez is a contemporary Dominican writer, whose work ranges from poetry, short stories, essays, and novels. Alvarez’s work touches upon issues of migration, history, stereotypes, empowerment of Latin women, and the differing ideology of American and Dominican culture. She provides a strong voice and perspective for Latin women, and teaches other ethnicities in America about Latin culture. She uses a variety of words and phrases in her native language Spanish, as well as Spanglish and English. In 1991, Alvarez published a novel, “How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accent.” The novel captures the struggle of four sisters who leave their home in the Dominican Republic and reside in the U.S. as refugees. Similarly, in 1994, Alvarez published another novel, “In the Time of the Butterflies.” The novel captures the hardships the Mirabel sisters succumb to. The Mirabel sisters found the underground movement in opposition to the dictator Trujillo. In 2000, Alvarez published another novel, “In the Name of Salome.” The novel captures the oppression of an older woman and her daughter. Many of Alvarez’s novels and poems resemble her life and the history of her beloved country, Dominican Republic.

The movie “Babies” is a documentary film which has been directed by Thomas Balmes. In this movie Balmes (2010) introduced viewers four different types of babies. They are from different countries and different cultures. Two of the babies grew up in a rural area: a Namibian baby girl (Ponijao) has born in Namibia and a Mongolian baby boy ( Bayar) has born in Mongolia. Other two babies grew up in an urban area: a Japanese baby girl (Mari) has born in Japan and an American baby girl (Hattie) has born in U.S.A. This movie basically has given viewers chance to observe how these babies involved with “Nurture” mostly. They also developed their behavior by observing and imitating their parents and siblings. I was concentrating the Mongolian baby boy

Language development is related to this stage because language learning starts at birth. They listen to the speech of those close to them, and startle or cry if there is an unexpected noise.

Albert Camus once said, “Fiction is the lie through which we tell the truth.” Science Fiction movies are based on fictional science that most often relate to unproven theories. In the movie The Martian, there are many science related concepts present. Some of these concepts include the storm on Mars, the plants, the rover, the time required to reach Mars, and the gravity among others. How accurate is this movie? The movie has some true and some false representations of science.