Quiz

In the musical version they take the elements of butterfly, Tin Moune’s wish of love and her difference between other villagers. These three elements have created Tin Moune’s character, and they also make it more clear on how she reacts and decides things in the following story. I consider that Butterfly represent the freedom and beautiful dreams she had, and Love is one of the thing she always wants which is also the reason she leave the village. Last the difference between her and others make her character more interesting and kind of sad in the story.

In the musical, there are so many places mention the word fly, and I consider it represent the butterfly. “Flying as free as bird” “And my fate in the air” these two lines from the musical directly tell me that she wants to fly and her fate is in the air which just like the butter fly. She wants to be free in the air, so she can control her own fate. In the book, butterfly show up in her imagination which just like the situation in the musical. “She took only her imaginary cage filled with papillons, her dreams; this she held to her—her future”(Guy 80). This sentence tells me that she sees her dreams and butterfly as her future which is so close the meaning of fate. 

And all her wishes and fate are about Dinel and Love. That's why in this musical there are so many things she thought to do with Dinel. “Your car will stop and I'll hop and off we’ll drive…..” This one is when she was imaging when she can be together with Dinel and they drive together, and I see it as a love wish. Also in the book, “I must go. Daniel Beauxhomme needs me.” she doesn't even talk with him much, but she knows or feels strongly that he needs her, and deep down I think that she needs him and she wants to be with him because she wants love. 

Last is the difference between her and others. “Happy to have what they have and stay where they are. They never even look up at the sound of a car!” I feel here is more like she is complaining about others because they never do things fun and new, and Tin Moune's always want to discover new things both in her imagination and real world which is so different from others. In the book, no one wants to touch or get to close to the car, but Tin Mounne does and she takes care of Daniel. Also, when others say “better we had left him at the side of the road to perish.” because they are afraid of that polices and rich people will be angry and punish them. However Tin Moune get to be more carefully to heal him and make him well. And the truth is that she saved his life because of her love to Daniel.