Hope for the flowers by Trina Paulus
The story consists of two main character a male catterpillar named Stripe and the female one named Yellow.It is started when Stripe realized that his life is not just eating leavesand crawling.Herealized that there is something more than doing those thing.So he decided to find out what is really missing in hislife.He left from the place where he was born and try to explore something new.He finds himself from the bottom of apillar.He saw a lots of catterpillar crawling and aiming to reach the top of the pillar.He started to climb just like other catterpillars do.While climbing the pillar he met a woman catterpillar named Yellow.They excahnged different perceptions and opinions in life.They talked about life and the reason why they are here.Ater that , they come up with the decision that they will go down in that pillar and begin a new life.Stripe and Yellow fell in love with each other and they live together eating leaves and crawling.Then one dayStripe realized again that eating lea ves and crawling are not enough.He started again climbing the pillar and left Yellow alone.While climbing the pillar Stripe was dissappointed when he saw that there is nothing special in this pillar but a struggling catterpillars who wants to reach the top.On the other side , Yellow met someone hanging on a branch of a tree , they talked about life of a catterpillar and how it turned into a cocoon.After of their conversation , Yellow realized the true meaning of being a catterpillar soon..She herself took risk and spins into a cocoon.After that move Yellow turned into a beautiful butterfly.Yellow search where Stripe is.She find stripe struggling crawling with other catterpillars just for them to reach the top of the pillar.When he found stripe , she helped him to reach the bottom.Sheencouraged him that there is other life than reaching the top of the pillar.Instead of crawling he can reach the top byflying.So yellow helped stripe to find branch of a tree to hung on.Then stripe decided o hung on and spins into a cocoon.Yellow waits for him.Later on , that cocoon turned into a beautiful butterfly too.And they fly together.
The character named stripe search more about the meaning of life. And this story is partly about life, partly about revolution and a lot about hope In the story, we can discover what really matters in life, and how the catterpillar journey represents in our everyday life.TheThe hope for the flowers here are the caterpillars because caterpillar is soon to be abutterfly.If there is no butterfly there will be no flowers too.I found this book interesting.First i thought it is just like an ordinary children book but there is something behind itsstory.It gives moral lesson not just for kids but especially for the adults.In our time many people dont think if they hurt others just for them to reach their goals or dreams.They will do anything to reach their dreams.Like in the story a lot of catterpillar are struggling to climb to the top of pillar.They are crawling over the other.The dont care i f they cross boundaries just to be on top.The mindset of pulling others down is not the key for success.We step on someone else to be on the top.We need to really better understand one’s self.It must clear to our minds what is our goal in life.Without hurting others while reaching the top is best thing we can do.This story even a child can understand but most of all it gives some lessons that adults will higly appreciated.
It is natural to people that we are not contented with the things that we have.We always want something more. We are searching for the thing we dont have.If we learn to appreciate everything and everyone around us everything willfollow.Like in the story stripe finds out that his life is boring so he wants to search what is really missing in his life until he saw a lots of catterpillar climbing in a pillar.They are curious about what is happening behind those clouds and catterpillars are climbing to reach the. top.The most excitement part for me is when the female catterpillar turned into a beautiful butterfly and how she encouraged the another catterpillar named stripe to realized what the real meaning of being a catterpillar and turned also into a beautiful butterfly and they fly together.This story spreads love , hope and peace through the character of yellow , stripe and the one who encourage yellow to hung on a branch of a tree and spins a cocoon.It taught the true purpose of life.It is also about making choices especially on the part when Yellow choose to spins a cocoon and turned into a beautiful butterfly.He choose also to go back and find stripe.I realized that sometimes we need to choose to change for the better.We need to take risk eventhough we dont know what will be the result of our actions.I noticed another lesson from this story.When many people doing it and get along with it doesnt mean that they doing the right thing.Like in the story many catterpillar are doing the same thing but it doesnt mean that is the right way nor it is benefecial.Sometimes we need to do in different way not because we want to be notice but we believe insomething.She trusts in herself that there must be something more in life.Yellow believes that there is something more than climbing to the top of the pillar.She finds another way to achieve what missing in their lives.We dont need to follow the crowd.It takes courage to try another path in achieving our goals.Yellow didnt do what others did.She didnt follow the other catterpillars but she follow what is in her heart and mind.We must be like yellow who listens to her heart and mind tell her.We are the only person who knows what completes us.We know what is best for us and know what works best for our situation.Beacuse at the end we are one who will suffer for our actionsLike the caterpillars struggle in the story , humans also undergo different struggles in life.Their patience is tested.Theyneed to sacrifice something.They need to make decisions.Sometimes they commit mistakes but that is the point because we can learn from it.Sometimes, we chase the wrong things, thinking that this is our purpose.Catterpillars are meant to be butterfly and not to be someboby else.If they do not want to be a butterfly there are no flowers.So the tiltle of the story speaks for itself.They need to make a decision so that they can give hope for the flowers.They need to give up something so others live.The story discussed life is filled with choices and decisions. We are the one who decide what we want to do and where we want to go. But we must also look at ourselves if our decisions truly make us happy and not just something we just want to do just to let the time pass.Sacrifice is also matter in this story.First , yellow sacrifice when she and stripe seperate in each other.Yellow took the journey alone.When she had conversation on someone who is hung on a branch of a tree she decided to sacrifice being a catterpillar to be a butterfly so she can fly.Like humans , we tend also make sacrifices to be better person or to help other people.Doing sacrifices is not an easy thing to do.It takes a lot of couarge to do this kind of thing.We cannot always get what we want and we cant go reaching dreams if we do not experience some sacrifices in life.I think the author want to tell all of us to be passionate in our lives. To let understand the real meaning of life and sacrifice through the story of how caterpillar who becomes a butterfly. We need to sacrifice for the love of our life andfor the sake of other people.
Success is also disscussed in the story.Striving hard and pursuing our dreams really matter in this story.No matter how many times we experiece downfall do not stop to try and try again.Failure cant stop us for reaching our dreams.Determination is needed if we want something.Like the character in the story named stripe he has a goal.Hetried to reach his goal and that goal is to reach tho top of the pillar.His goal became a frustration.And that how the character in the story makes similar to us.We are eager to attain our goals in life.Love is also involved in the story.First stripe is alone with his journey until he met the female catterpillar namedyellow.They talked about the life of each other.Until they decided to go down in the pillar and start a new life.But one day stripe decided to left yellow to pursue climbing the pillar and reach the top of it.They have seperate ways now.Stripe and Yellow show how loving one another leads to something more beautiful.Yellow helped stripe to find what he longing is for a long time..As stripe and yellow fly away together, they carry hope for the flowers and for the people.I admire the character of yellow because of the eargerness to help stripe inspite of the things that stripe do to her.I highly recommend this book for those people who lose hope and for the people who are not contented with theirlife.There are many lessons that you will learned while reading the story.I realized many things in life.For me the best lesson that strike me is you dont need to follow what others do.Sometimes you need to be different.I believe that we have our own ways reaching our goals.