Text title: Butterflies
Text type: Short story
Text creator: Patricia Grace
Text purpose: To evaluate that people have different perspectives.
Date: 09/29/21
Summary:
In this short story, the author begins with a girl getting her hair done by her grandmother. The girl was recently started living with her grandparents and this morning she was getting ready for school. Both of her grandparents are caring for her and wanting the best for her school. As she arrives home from school, her grandfather was hoeing the cabbages and her grandmother was picking up some beans. Both stopped their work to go to their granddaughter and ask her about what her story was about. She began reading. It was a story about a girl killing some butterflies. Whoever, her teacher wasn't so pleased with the story since the teacher thinks that butterflies are beautiful creatures. As the girl gaze in confusion, the grandparents answered "because you see" the grandfather said, "your teacher gets her cabbages in the supermarket". This means that they view butterflies as pests towards their vegetation.
Critical literacy question:
What does the author want us to know?
The author wanted us to know that everyone has different perspectives. For instance, the teacher's response towards the girl's story was the opposite of what the little girl's perspective perceives. Meaning that the teacher sees butterflies as elegant creatures whereas the grandparents see them as pests towards their garden.
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