1. a) Mutualistic Relationship
Ulysses Butterfly and the Flowers they feed from The Ulysses Butterfly has a mutualistic relationship as the butterfly feeds on the nectar and while on the flower collects its pollen. While the butterfly does not collect as much pollen as bees do, with the process of feeding from other flowers the butterfly pollinates as they go.
b) Commensal Relationship
Platycerium bifurcatum (Staghorn Fern) and Tree Host Staghorn ferns attach to host trees to gather sunlight. The fern mounts itself on the tree and then protecting its roots with Basal fronds. The plant then just continues to grow. Once mature, fine dust spores float through the canopy and attach to trees with rough bark and the process then repeats itself.
Ferns grow quickly and rob the ground underneath of sunlight, water, and minerals. They also secrete chemicals which prevent hardwood seedlings from growing.
10: The life cycle of the organism: The life cycle of the Kamehameha butterfly is the females lay their eggs on the mamaki leaves. After it becomes a caterpillar it feeds on the mamaki leaves before pupating and transforming into a butterfly.
Glenn Irwin’s “Two Butterflies” demonstrates a movement in age and development of experience through the images of two distinct butterflies. The ideas Irwin articulates about age and experience with this imagery also serve to show the disconnect between nature and civilization over time. The poem is divided into two stanzas: morning and evening. Likewise, there are two butterflies: morning and evening. The morning butterfly has only just completed his transition stage. He is faced with the beginning of life and the task to make a connection to civilization. The evening butterfly is well into her final life stage. She has gone through the experiences the morning butterfly has not; her connection with civilization has been previously established.
This second journal is based on chapters five to seven of In The Time of the Butterflies. I think that these chapters are very important for the plot of the novel. Chapter five is from Dede's perspective. In this chapter, Dede and her sister Minerva meet a man named Lio, and he is a revolutionist like Minerva. They fall in love, but Minerva does not want to admit it. Later, Lio decides to move to a safer location because his protests are getting him in trouble with the government. He writes a letter for Minerva and gives it to Dede so that she could bring the letter to her sister. However, Dede reads the letter and finds out that Lio wants to ask Minerva to move with him, so Dede burns the letter to keep her sister safe with her family. I think
A symbiotic relationship is a mutually beneficial interaction between two or more people, in which both involved gain something from the relationship. The overall symbol of the wisteria vines in Barbara Kingsolver’s The Bean Trees is an example of a symbiotic relationship. By working together for a shared survival, both the rhizobia and the wisteria vines are able to better thrive in their environment and achieve a balance that is only possible by the two factors working together. Kingsolver’s symbiotic relationships throughout The Bean Trees show how people can develop stronger relationships by working together and by developing systems of support for each other, much like the rhizobia and the wisteria vines.
Throughout history women have always been minimized from social, sexual , and political aspects juxtaposed to men. Just like in the novel In the Time of the Butterflies by Julia Alvarez, the author uses the Mirabal sisters to demonstrate the inequalities set in the Dominican Republic. The dictatorship of Rafael Trujillo causes the Mirabal sisters to come together and overthrow Trujillo’s regime.Trujillo. Rafael Trujillo was despised by many yet many were forced to worship him like some type of paragon. As the novel progresses, illustrations of male dominance often appear throughout each chapter. The Mirabal sisters: Minerva, Patria, Maria Teresa and Dede each demonstrate the ability to overcome stigmas in order to obtain freedom.
Julia Alvarez’s novel In the Time of the Butterflies shows the lack of fairness in society and the importance of maintaining a strong family bond. Trujillo was not fair between men and women and granting men the rights to do whatever they want. The Mirabal sisters’ revolutionary against president Trujillo and fighting for freedom of the country and its people. In Saudi Arabia women are now granted to drive, but there some other things that men can do but women cannot. The Mirabal family has a strong maintain of a family bond. Minerva is one of the four sisters who is brave and had the courage to stand for others and started the revolution against the president.
“If you don’t study your history, you are going to repeat it” (312). Dedé states this in In the Time of the Butterflies after being questioned why she shares her story. The historical fiction novel by Julia Alvarez, takes place in the 1940’s, under the dictatorship of Trujillo, and in 1994 when Dedé recites her family’s historic and engrossing life. The Mirabal sisters up rise against the government, hoping to gain freedom for the Dominican Republic. Alvarez’s In the Time of the Butterflies exemplifies the attributes Vladimir Nabakov would consider necessary for great literature as specified in his essay, “Good Readers and Good Writers.” Alvarez’s masterpiece focuses on a rebellious young woman who challenges the dictatorial Trujillo
Julia Alvarez’s In the Time of Butterflies is a work of historical fiction set in the Dominican Republic under the rule of powerful dictator known as Trujillo. Four sisters work together to resist a force greater than themselves to stand up for their beliefs and protect their family. Patria, Dede, Mate, and Minerva, “the butterflies”, experience the loss of their father and family members to the regime. They work together to retrieve them back or use their losses to drive them to overthrow their compelling government. Each of the sisters represent a larger theme of the novel such as religious importance, identity, or coming of age. Minerva Mirabal is driven by the need to escape the “cage” she is locked in by Trujillo. Therefore, the theme
One often dreams of making an impact on the world; however these dreams, more often than not, remain adventurous thoughts. For the Mirabal sisters, of the Dominican Republic, dreams quickly became a reality. Minerva, María Teresa, and Patria Mirabal helped to free the Dominican Republic of their oppressive leader, Rafael Trujillo. In Julia Alvarez’s novel, In the Time of the Butterflies, the inspiring and heroic story of the Mirabal sisters is told through the perspectives of the sisters. Alvarez creatively fictionalizes the early lives of the sisters and solemnly illustrates the sisters’ final days. Following the release of Julia Alvarez’s novel, many critics expressed both positive and negative reviews. Some suggested the Mirabal sisters were inaccurately portrayed; however, other critics cite strengths in the novel, and one critic reclassifies the novel’s genre.
“In the Time of the Butterflies” takes place in the Dominican Republic in the 1960s. The author, Julia Alvarez is a native of the country, but moved to the US at a young age. She first heard about the sisters roughly around 1986 and instantly felt the need to share their story with the world. In the book, Alvarez tells the story of the Mirabal sisters and their fight for freedom against the Dominican dictator Trujillo. Rafael Trujillo reigned for about 30 years until his assassination in May of 1961. Trujillo’s reign of terror began in 1930 and the violence soon followed. The self centered dictator changed the names of cities and murdered roughly about 20,000 Haitians from the neighboring country. The book not only tells the sisters’
History may define the identity of a nation, but its progress and social change makes the nation a legacy. The way society is systemized today is the result of a millennia of years of victories and failures. Social change is a blessing of humanity where the basic traits of expression, belief, greed and cruelty unite to determine the fate of society. Julia Alvarez’s In the Time of Butterflies illuminates the early to middle 20th century Dominican Republic society, where the Mirabal sisters, Dedé, Maria Teresa, Patria, and Minerva, are agitators of revolution after seeing dictator
Predation is a main example of a relationship between organisms. Predation involves predators and prey, such as a fox catching and eating a rabbit. There are two other forms of predation called, parasitism and grazing. Parasitism is where the host organism is exploited and used for benefit by the other organism called a
Based on the decline of the Karner blue across its historic range, it was listed as endangered in 1992. Since listing, two populations have been extirpated and are being reintroduced to Concord, New Hampshire, and West Gary, Indiana. A third population is being reintroduced to Ohio. The threat of the Karner blue butterfly extinction exists primarily from the loss of critical habitat caused by landscape fragmentation, natural succession and concomitant suppression of the natural disturbance regime (Smallidge 1996; Clough 1992).
Although both Maus and “The Butterfly” revolve around the Holocaust, they have different themes and structures. Maus focuses on the struggles of the Holocaust survivors and their path to survival. The story portrays the mental challenges that these survivors had to face and how the unforgettable event impacted them. The story includes several flashbacks, emphasizing the idea that hope is the only way to survive. On the other hand, “The Butterfly” is about hope, but it gradually fades away due to the way the survivors are treated.