The main idea is the monarch butterflies
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The significance of the event was that Jamison didn't like the fact that he didn't accept himself that he was a female, but changed himself to a male instead, he also didn't like it, but his friend Steve in this situation told him to just accept the fact the he's a man now and just live up to it.
Explanation: If you are in a group of..lets say rebels, you are under the influence of their actions and as they beckon you to join them in their rebellious acts you start to do things that are initally against your morals and beliefs. As you continue to give in to the peer pressure you begin losing your morals and beliefs.
He's sailing to Rio De Janiero in Brazil
A metaphor- it compares two things without using "as" or "like"