Julia Alvarez is known as a famous Dominican-American writer. She was born on March 27, 1950 in New York City. Julia was the second sister out of four sisters. Soon after she was three months old, Julia and her family moved back to the Dominican Republic. Julia and her large family lived a very comfortable lifestyle. Her mother and aunts helped contribute to raising Julia, her sisters and her cousins. Her father worked in the local hospital. Her family was very influenced by American culture. They loved the food, the clothes and the atmosphere as well. “Although I was raised in the Dominican Republic by Dominican parents in an extended Dominican family, mine was an American childhood” (Julia Alvarez Facts) Julia had the ultimate dream of becoming
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The Dominican family moves to the United States, and struggle living a new life as immigrants as well. Each sister from the family show strength and growth with being an immigrant. The first group of stories are about Yolanda. She is seen as the the strongest and the one with a voice. The second story is about Sophia, who is the youngest of the sisters. The third story is about the background of their mother. The fourth story explains how Yolanda has a mental breakdown, and it goes in depth of how it went. (Stavens) The novel is a bestseller and Julia was seen as an important voice in American Literature in the 2000’s (Bauer) She had more praise than criticism than most new authors would receive. (Julia Alvarez Facts) She also wrote “In The Name of Salome” which is about a (Jones)
Julia Alvarez’s second and most important novel is, “In The Times of Butterflies” is about the lives and ending of three sisters. They were assassinated during the last few reigning days of the dictator Rafael Trujillo, after visiting their husbands in jail. Soon after their deaths, they were known as the “mariposas” or as the butterflies. The fourth sister was the only one to live and tell the story. (Bethal) There was also a film that was produced in
The Dominican family moves to the United States, and struggle living a new life as immigrants as well. Each sister from the family show strength and growth with being an immigrant. The first group of stories are about Yolanda. She is seen as the the strongest and the one with a voice. The second story is about Sophia, who is the youngest of the sisters. The third story is about the background of their mother. The fourth story explains how Yolanda has a mental breakdown, and it goes in depth of how it went. (Stavens) The novel is a bestseller and Julia was seen as an important voice in American Literature in the 2000’s (Bauer) She had more praise than criticism than most new authors would receive. (Julia Alvarez Facts) She also wrote “In The Name of Salome” which is about a (Jones)
Julia Alvarez’s second and most important novel is, “In The Times of Butterflies” is about the lives and ending of three sisters. They were assassinated during the last few reigning days of the dictator Rafael Trujillo, after visiting their husbands in jail. Soon after their deaths, they were known as the “mariposas” or as the butterflies. The fourth sister was the only one to live and tell the story. (Bethal) There was also a film that was produced in