What does the quote "the catipllar cannoot undertand the butterfly" mean?

Question

im doing a speech on drugs and poverty and i found that and it hink it has something to do wtih it

Answer 1

The catipillar:The poor

The butterfly: The rich

and the poor don't understand the rich.

Answer 2

The catifpillar crawls the butterfly flies...It's like saying a person who just is satisfied with doing the same ol', same ol' every day will never understand the person who has a sense of adventure.

It has also been used as a metaphor for the new person you become when you (as the Bible says) become a new creation by accepting Jesus Christ. The people who never accept him, never really understand what it's like to have a new life....a changed life...no longer be a catipillar.

Answer 3

Since the caterpillar turns into the butterfly, it could mean that the young don't understand the mature and must await their own maturation.

Answer 4

Another quote is "How does one become a butterfly? You must want to fly so much that you are willing to give up being a caterpillar."  by Trina Paulus.

Basically the metamorphosis or a caterpillar into a butterfly is about transformation. You could say one must pull themselves out of poverty and avoid drugs in order to metamorphosis into a butterfly or a contributing and successful person in society.

Answer 5

Someone who is on drugs cannot understand what life is like for those who have overcome their addiction.  They have to undergo the metamorphosis--that is,  they have to win the struggle against drugs--in order to be free and fly.