He Has written 16 books ranging from The war on Terror to Butterflies. The Recipient of many awards, He first won a shared Armstrong-du Pont in the early 70’s for his work at KSAN about the shootout at San Quentin He also received awards for his work with Americans imprisoned overseas. He was an NBC correspondent who has visted dozens of countries covering stories of every magnitude. Why did he write about butterflies? He was Tired of always writing about negativity in the news and its focus on always showing the worse in thing and also being “war weary” at a book signing he was asked what his next book would be about and he jokingly said that it would be about flowers and butterflies. He then received an invitation to Nicaragua. The owners of the butterfly reserve in Nicaragua Would soon tell him of the profitable process of “Butterfly Art” which is the process of killing butterflies so they can be displayed.
This discovery leads him to discover “The Startling Subculture of Criminals, Collectors, and Conservationists.”
“Butterflies Versus National Security”
The First of the 5 main topics of the book is about where the government goes around its own laws as it gets in its own way, The biggest example used in the book was a government law passed on April 1rst, 2008, Ironically April fools day but if this was a joke no one was laughing this new law passes in congress that would allow the government to “Ignore any Law-including laws to protect wildlife and the envirment-the security (of homeland security) interfered with the building of the border barricade”, “there going to do what they d**n well please, apparently, without any real consulting of the people here that know the area…I think we’re building the Berlin wall he...
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...merican then listed-and protected-under the Endangered Species Act , Including Samples the that the most important museums in the country lacked… The final count when qkk search warrents were executed was an astounding 2,375 butterflies with a commercial value of 300,000$.”none of the criminals recived time in prisons all received nominal fines and the only real consequence of there action was that the their prized collections were turned over to museums in the country.
In pursuit of the worlds most wanted butterfly smuggler.
“Yoshi Kojima, the butterfly smuggler, First caught the attention of the Fish and wildlife service in 1999 when special agent john Mendoza, Ed’s predecessor, started a file on him after he received several complaints that Yoshi was illegally grabbing Protected swallowtail butterflies from federal lands in texas and selling them in japan.”
In the Time of the Butterflies, by Julia Alvarez, takes place in the Dominican Republic during Trujillo’s control of the country. Dedé and Minerva are two extremely different Mirabal sisters, shown by how they respond to Trujillo taking over their country. Dedé and Minerva are only two of the sisters. There are four in total: Minerva, Dedé, Patria and María Teresa. The four sisters take turns throughout In the Time of the Butterflies telling their stories from the 1940s while living in the Dominican Republic. Manipulating her point of view and attitude, Julia Alvarez uses an impassioned style of writing to portray Minerva’s strong leadership and an explicit style of writing to portray Dedé’s willingness to compromise.
Does someone need to die in order to gain and obtain equality amongst the others? In the novel In Time of the Butterflies, written by Julia Alvarez, the main character and the subordinate character affect the plot of the novel because they develop a strong relationship. Their relationship becomes so strong that they devise a rebellion. Their rebellion had many outcomes whether being possible or negative. They manage to get equality and respect amongst the people of their land, but they sacrifice their lives and others to obtain it.
...suppression, and incarceration. That ended up costing American an estimated 10,000 jobs. The government had complete control over the media, educational system, and any literature that was available. Books were illegal, and were burned in the novel by the government enforcers, the firemen. We saw the comparison with the time period in when the novel was written, and post September 11. It is great how the author's work still has great meaning in today's society.
The novel In The Times of the Butterflies, by Julia Alvarez, consists of a frame narrative told by the only Mirabal sister to survive the reign of Trujillo, Dede Mirabal. This story takes place in the Dominican Republic all the way back in 1938, leading up to the “present” time in 1994. At this time in the Dominican Republic, the country is being ruled by a man named Trujillo, and he is making their homeland an unsafe and horrible place. The Mirabal sisters’ participation in the political movement against Trujillo led to their murder on November 25, 1960. Their action was symbolized as a threat to Trujillo dictatorship, which eventually led to their death.The conclusion that can be taken to assume that the Mirabal sisters were murdered is Minerva
Despite the various acclamations In the Time of the Butterflies has received, the novel actually received a bit of criticism in the literary realm due to controversial subject matter. One school in Port Washington even decided to ban Julia Alvarez’s novel. A student from this district commented on the school board’s decision stating “The Port Washington school district has a national reputation for diversity and open-mindedness; we should keep it that way. So we were surprised and distressed when we first heard about the school board 's decision to ban Julia Alvarez 's novel ' 'In the Time of the Butterflies ' ' because it included a
The Dominican Republic under the Trujillo regime was considered one of the most violent eras ever in the Americas. In The Time of The Butterflies, by Julia Alvarez, commemorates the lives of Patria, Minerva, and María Teresa Mirabal. These women were known as “Las Mariposas” because of their direct involvement in an underground revolution against Trujillo. In the story, the Mirabel sisters are women with childhoods, hopes, and dreams, who fight for the liberation of their country. After their assassination, they became symbols of freedom and revolution for persecuted peoples all over the world. The Mirabal sisters not only fought against the Trujillo regime, but also opposed the unfair gender roles of that time. In the Dominican Republic,
...orating garden even the government let us to buy them for gardening. Instead, we should be able to recognize and report purple loosestrifes in wildlife in order to protect biodiversity.
Martinez, Elizabeth. “In The Time of the Butterflies.” The Progressive July 1995: 39+. Gale Opposing Viewpoints In Context. Web. 2. 4 Dec 2013.
The influence of the people around you has a great impact on your life. In In the Time of the Butterflies by Julia Alvarez and in Journey to Jihad by Ben Taub, radicalization is due to the influences of others. Minerva’s rebellion was caused by both Sinita and Trujillo. Patria’s rebellion was caused by the influences of Minerva and the Church. Jeojen’s radical actions were due to his girlfriend, as well as his neighbor. Minerva, Patria, and Jeojen all epitomize the significance of influential people within one’s life.
Most writers love to pick the topic of life and death as they are the mystifying kind of things that always make human left wondering. In Annie Dillard’s essay, “The Death of a Moth”, she heavily puts her focus towards the moth’s behavior when dying. Readers generally would think that she is a different type of author to write four pages of essay talking about moths. Also, she mentions lots of details about the variety of bugs in her bathroom which somehow is disturbing to some people when reading this essay for the first time. Moths that die seem very insignificant and quite straightforward. However, if we take the initiative to delve into her piece, we could see the hidden meaning behind the death of the moths. Her interaction with moths
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Geraldine Brooks the author of People of the Book conveys the story of Sarajevo Haggadah. In the chapter “An Insect’s Wings,” Lola, a young Jewish girl, experiences running away from Nazis and coming back to Sarajevo. In this chapter, it also shares some details of how the famed Sarajevo Haggadah was saved from WWII. This chapter shares the journey of Lola and all the unpleasant events she went through.
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The Lacey Act was signed by President William McKinley on May 25, 2017. Originally the Lacey Act was created in the sole purpose to stop hunters from killing for game rather than survival and it was the first step towards conservation of wildlife. The act was proposed by Iowa senator, John Lacey. In 1902, Lacey joined a conservation of wildlife club called the Boone and Crockett Club, who was founded by Theodore Roosevelt. Lacey, a significant figure in the start of the conservation movement, was committed on preserving wildlife and plants. The act he proposed disallowed the killing of an animal in one state to turn around and sell it in another. Of course, the hunting they were doing was done illegally, but the Lacey Act stopped the sellers from driving through different states to escape from the law. Each state had their own laws on ways to conserve plants and wildlife but none were as effective as the Lacey Act. According to Larkin the Lacey Act “was meant to assist the states in enforcing their own laws against poachers…While states could enforce their own laws within their own borders, they were effectively powerless to address the interstate market” (Larkin, 2012). Overall, what the market hunters were doing was very damaging and unhealthy. Luckily John Lacey came up with a brilliant idea called the Lacey Act. The act made it seem like it wasn’t taking away their rights and freedom but limited them. That limit made it very difficult to kill and sell feathers, furs and meat without getting in trouble with the law. “The Lacey Act all around touches on a broad range of issues like conservation, fighting crime, and public health (Gilbert, 2015). However, the damaged from the market hunters didn’t stop at the massive decline in animals from killing them. The damage continued with the decline in trees, plants and accessible fresh water causing a more rapid
The topic that I chose to discuss is one that every state has adopted due to the acts that have been taken to preserve and protect our environment, so I chose the Endangered Species Act. The Endangered Species Act prohibits activities affecting threatened and endangered species. There are many organizations in place to enforce the authorities of this act and a couple of the main groups are the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, The National Oceans and Atmospheric National Marine Fisheries Services. In this assignment I will elaborate on the Parks and Wildlife efforts and policies on the Endangered Species Act. To put this Act or Law into order, there were strong actions that were threatening the environment for those that research and treat the animals. Since the 1960’s there have been motions to protect animals and in 1966 Congress passed the Endangered Species Preservation Act and bought its first endangered species habitat in Florida. Once again it was revised in 1969 and 1970, but in 1972, President Nixon declared that conservation efforts in the United States aim to prevent the extinction of species that brought together the 93rd Congress to develop comprehensive endangered species legislation. Congress responded and on December 28th the Endangered Species Act (ESA) of 1973 was signed and put into order.