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My patronus would be the Monarch butterfly because they are a symbol of perseverance and a transformation in spirituality and also for personal reasons. When I was child, we had a large tree in our front yard that would be covered in Monarchs in October every year. My brother, sisters and I would go out and play among them, catch them in jars, watch them feed off the wild flowers, and observe them for hours. I am the daughter of immigrants and, though we never went hungry, life was rough. At one point we almost lost our house. I was, also, a sickly child due to a complication at birth that was suppose to kill me within two weeks, but instead,only left my lungs badly damaged. When life was chaotic I would always remember the butterflies and how no matter how bad things got they would always come every October. The Monarchs, to me, became symbols of happiness, life, stability, and as I learned more about their migration, of perseverance and the immigrant spirit.