Review of "Butterflies" by Roger Dean Kiser

Butterflies is a beatiful, charming and cautivating short story written by Roger Dean Kiser, an American writer. Tells the story of a little boy who lives in an orphanage. He is kind of traumatised about some experiences he has lived inside the orphanage. He does not like the way his house parent acts. In fact, he does not understand why or how can a person do something so horrible as killing beautiful butterflies. He considers this insects to be really beautiful, and he loves them. But after seeing his house parent capture them to put them in a cardboard, everytime he sees butterflies he sends them away, so they do not die there.

I think that there is a more important theme behind this. I believe that the boy was afraid of dying inside the orphanage, so he unconciously sends the butterflies away. He does not want them to suffer inthere the way he has suffered.