Lying In A Hammock Analysis

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A butterfly represents change. As I read Lying in a Hammock I begin to realize that a “ bronze butterfly” is a metaphor for enduring changes that life might throw at you. This signifies that a person is able to have amens amount of strength during any hardship and still continue on regardless of any obstacles. Although they might wonder in search of answers like a “ blowing…leaf in a green shadow” they’ll linger on because of the mystery that “green shadow” brings to their life . They want to understand the mystery and continue on in their search and even though they might have lost sight of what they truly wanted in the first place. They might feel forgotten by people who once cared about them like an “empty house” with no one around to give

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