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The main attraction of this novel is Butterfly who is a typical wannabe socialite with her horrible English language. I remember I was reading in my office and I had to close down the book because I could not stop my frequent burst of laughter at her incorrect English.

The Diary of a Social Butterfly is a 2008 comedy novel by the Pakistani writer Moni Mohsin. The novel was first released as a paperback on October 12, 2008 by Random House India. It is written about a social lady Butterfly, who lives in Lahore. The novel received mostly positive feedback from the reviewers.[1]

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Tender Hooks is only superficial if you read it superficially. If you were to look beneath the surface, you find not fluffy chick-lit but serious social satire. The search for a suitable girl for Jonkers is underscored by the account of an unravelling society and a collapsing state.

The current study aim to investigate one of the aspect of post colonial theory in the writing of Moni Mohsin. The purpose of this research is to investigate critically analyze the text with reference to the character that hold different worldview. The mentioned novel have Muslim and socialist character who present their point of view regarding the salvation of European culture society. There is lack of cultural analysis as well as objective study of the object. This study shall investigate the literature containing the debate by all four scholars and present an objective analysis of the character Butterfly through the microscopic study of the text. It shall help the scholars on the subject to understand the authorial treatment of mimicry question and its socio-political implications.

Chinua Achebe and other writers argue when a writer uses English language; it means he is using the same language, which was used against the colonies to represent their own cultural and social experiences. So somehow, by using the language that was originally belongs to the colonizers. We have subjugated their language. Metaphorically we have invaded and subjugated their language to speak for us. so this is quite ironic. The colonizers invaded our territories and represented us, as without language and civilization. Now once their independence, they are using the same language, the language of the colonizers to represent themselves equipped with unique cultural experiences. (Ashcroft at al: 19)

Post-colonialism is a type of cultural criticism, postcolonial criticism usually involves the analysis of literary texts produced in countries and cultures that have come under the control of European colonial powers at some point in their history. Alternatively, it can refer to the analysis of texts written about colonized places by writers hailing from the colonizing culture. In Orientalism, Edward Said, a pioneer of postcolonial criticism and studies, focused on the way in which the colonizing First World has invented false images and myths of the Third World stereotypical images and myths that have conveniently justified Western exploitation and domination of Eastern and Middle Eastern cultures and peoples (31). In the essay "Postcolonial Criticism", Homi K. Bhabha has shown how certain cultures (mis)represent other cultures, thereby extending their political and social domination in the modern world order.Postcolonial studies, a type of cultural studies, refer more broadly to the study of cultural groups, practices, and discourses including but not limited to literary discourses in the colonized world. The term postcolonial is usually used broadly to refer to the study of works written at any point after colonization first occurred in a given country, although it is sometimes used more specifically to refer to the analysis of texts and other cultural discourses that emerged after the end of the colonial period (after the success of the liberation and independence movements). Among feminist critics, the postcolonial perspective has inspired an attempt to recover whole cultures of women heretofore ignored or marginalized women who speak not only from colonized places but also from the colonizing places to which many of them fled.

A type of cultural criticism, postcolonial criticism usually involves the analysis of literary texts produced in countries and cultures that have come under the control of European colonial powers at some point in their history. Alternatively, it can refer to the analysis of texts written about colonized places by writers hailing from the colonizing culture. In Orientalism, Edward Said, a pioneer of postcolonial criticism and studies, focused on the way in which the colonizing First World has invented false images and myths of the Third World stereotypical images and myths that have conveniently justified Western exploitation and domination of Eastern and Middle Eastern cultures and peoples. In the essay "Postcolonial Criticism", Homi K. Bhabha had shown how certain cultures misrepresent other cultures, thereby extending their political and social domination in the modern world order.

Hybridity new transcultural forms that arise from cross-cultural exchange. Hybridity can be social, political, linguistic, religious, etc. It is not necessarily a peaceful mixture, for it can be contentious and disruptive in its experience. Note the two related definitions, catalysis: the (specifically New World) experience of several ethnic groups interacting and mixing with each other often in a contentious environment that gives way to new forms of identity and experience. Creolization societies that arise from a mixture of ethnic and racial mixing to form a new material, psychological, and spiritual self-definition.

Reflectance spectra of natural and artificial butterfly wings used in discriminability calculations. Shown are the mean values and standard errors (each n = 12). Graphs include a ventral image of Heliconius erato petiverana with circled regions indicating where wing reflectance measurements were taken. (a) Yellow reflectance spectra. (b) Pink reflectance spectra, comparisons made using lightest A and darkest B pink regions on the wing. (c) Black reflectance spectra, comparisons made using both forewing A and hindwing B regions.

Data representing attacks on butterfly models at field sites in Costa Rica and Panama, categorized by aggregation size. Roost attack risk was calculated by dividing attacked roosts by the overall number of roosts used in that treatment. Individual attack risk was determined by comparing attack rates between randomly selected single (focal) individuals in each roost treatment, based on the assumption that one attack leads to the dispersal of the other roosting butterflies. Probability values between pairwise comparisons are indicated by asterisks.

In contrast, we found very strong support for the anti-predator defence hypothesis. Our field experiments in Costa Rica using avian-indiscriminable butterfly models showed predation attempts on singly placed models were nearly three times higher than predation attempts on roosts of five models, and the predation risk for a single butterfly is over six times the per capita predation risk for an individual butterfly in a roost of 5 (table 2). A second field experiment in Panama showed the same trend, with attack rates more than twice as high on roosts of 2 versus 5, and individual risk over six times higher in a roost of 2 than a roost of 5 (table 2). Surprisingly, however, the Panama experiment also showed that attacks on roosts of 10 were three times as high as on roosts of 5 (table 2), thus suggesting the predator deterrence effect may be weak or non-existent in large aggregations. In the Panama experiment, the greatest individual fitness benefit was seen in roosts of 5, with an individual predation risk of 1.5 per cent; however, individuals in roosts of 10 benefited only slightly less (not significant) than those in roosts of 5 (individual risk of 4.5% in roosts of 10). Therefore, even though roosts of 10 did not enjoy a significantly decreased predation rate compared with roosts of 2 or 5, a simple prey dilution effect [39] would still favour large roost sizes.

Our field studies suggest that the most beneficial minimum roost size, with respect to group advantage, may be around 5 individuals. This is because our experimental aggregations of five models experienced the lowest overall attack rates and also offered the lowest per capita attack risk for individuals. Interestingly, this experimentally determined minimum roost size corresponds closely to naturally observed H. erato roost sizes (4.3). This correspondence implies that predator deterrence, coupled with a prey dilution effect, could help explain roost sizes observed in natural populations. An optimal or minimum roost size may be important for predator deterrence when butterfly densities are too low for assembling in larger aggregations; however, roost sizes are probably influenced by foraging and resource availability as well.

We thank Kailen Mooney for aid in project design and statistical analyses; Jim Mallet for advice and comments; Christian Salcedo and Daniel Osorio for feedback on the manuscript; Nancy Burley, Owen McMillan and Larry Gilbert for advice; Jasmine Velez, Talia Gustafson, Jimena Golcher and Maranatha Kellinger for aid in field observations and assisting in the preparation of butterfly models; Johannes Spaethe, Chris Jiggins and Patricio Salazar for tips on butterfly models; Dave Krueger and UCI ImageWorks for aid in designing and printing models; the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI) and Organization for Tropical Studies (OTS) for use of field sites; La Autoridad Nacional del Ambiente (ANAM, Panama) and El Ministerio del Ambiente, Energa, y Telecomunicaciones (MINAET, Costa Rica) for research permit approval; and our funding sources: the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institue, the Organization for Tropical Studies, the U.S. Department of Education GAANN, the National Geographic Society; this material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowship under award no. DGE-0808392 to S.D.F. and NSF grant no. IOS-1025106 to A.D.B. and R.D.R. 2351a5e196