5. “Chapter 4”
“One of those spirit babies, alela, as the country people say. My mind, my heart, my soul in the clouds. It took some doing and undoing to bring me down to earth” (Alvarez 44).
The asyndeton is in place because Alvarez wanted Patria’s mind, heart and soul to be considered equally to show they are of importance to Patria. Usually when someone thinks of the human bodies upmost importance, it is the heart, but to Patria they are all key parts of her. And because she had her faith from the beginning, people realized that she was one of the girls that were in the clouds of faith. Alvarez sped the sentence that contains the asyndeton because she wanted to express that Patria was brought down to earth eventually through events that occurred that brought her to …show more content…
This is a metaphor creating thematic idea of women’s roles because she resented her father but Minerva holds a strong woman’s role throughout the book and how she can forgive her father because she shows how woman are merciful and loving. This adds a compassionate tone in this part of the text because Minerva is graciously witty and shows how much she cares very much for her father even if he did something unholy and against all of her expectations of him.
10. “Chapter 6”
“A few miles after Salcedo, my lights single it out, the ancient anacahuita tree, dripping in the rain, most of it’s pods gone.” (Alvarez 116).
The tree overall symbolizes the Mirabal family, and the tree’s current status is weak, “dripping” and “pods gone”, which is similar to the Mirabal family’s current status because their family is weak and at a low point coming from Trujillo’s, almost losing their whole life. In this instance, the tree symbolizes the strong bond between the sisters and how they like reflect on it during times of need and hope throughout the
“One of those spirit babies, alela, as the country people say. My mind, my heart, my soul in the clouds. It took some doing and undoing to bring me down to earth” (Alvarez 44).
The asyndeton is in place because Alvarez wanted Patria’s mind, heart and soul to be considered equally to show they are of importance to Patria. Usually when someone thinks of the human bodies upmost importance, it is the heart, but to Patria they are all key parts of her. And because she had her faith from the beginning, people realized that she was one of the girls that were in the clouds of faith. Alvarez sped the sentence that contains the asyndeton because she wanted to express that Patria was brought down to earth eventually through events that occurred that brought her to …show more content…
This is a metaphor creating thematic idea of women’s roles because she resented her father but Minerva holds a strong woman’s role throughout the book and how she can forgive her father because she shows how woman are merciful and loving. This adds a compassionate tone in this part of the text because Minerva is graciously witty and shows how much she cares very much for her father even if he did something unholy and against all of her expectations of him.
10. “Chapter 6”
“A few miles after Salcedo, my lights single it out, the ancient anacahuita tree, dripping in the rain, most of it’s pods gone.” (Alvarez 116).
The tree overall symbolizes the Mirabal family, and the tree’s current status is weak, “dripping” and “pods gone”, which is similar to the Mirabal family’s current status because their family is weak and at a low point coming from Trujillo’s, almost losing their whole life. In this instance, the tree symbolizes the strong bond between the sisters and how they like reflect on it during times of need and hope throughout the