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Petey Quotes From 'The Origin Of Species'

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In Chapter 9, the quote from The Origin of Species talks about similarities of a silkworm to a caterpillar or the cocoon stage. This quote was picked because it has to do with silkworms and butterflies. One of the main focuses of this chapter is Petey. In this chapter, Petey is a caterpillar that lives in Calpurnia’s grandfather’s laboratory. Soon, Petey will turn into a beautiful butterfly. What this quote from the book means is that differences from the silkworm and the caterpillar are known to appear and be alike at the cocoon stage of the caterpillar’s life. This was a good quote to start the chapter because of the introduction to Petey, who is a caterpillar. In Chapter 9, Callie is asking Granddaddy questions about Petey such as, “What

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