A simile used to describe in figurative language that Mamá took carefully guarded her girls from lustful men who wanted to take advantage of them as a protective mother.
The quote illustrates a biblical symbolism and Patria compares herself to Jesus’s resuscitation with her recovery and realization of the harsh circumstances she had suffered from seeing both her son and husband being taken away to prison.
A passage that illustrates society and that time. Most Dominican families accustomed to display a photograph of Trujillo in their houses next to God, as a result, his figure was compared to that of a holy person.
In this passage, the “cross” mentioned by Patria is an example of Biblical imagery as Jesus carried. Patria uses a metaphor that
The quote illustrates a biblical symbolism and Patria compares herself to Jesus’s resuscitation with her recovery and realization of the harsh circumstances she had suffered from seeing both her son and husband being taken away to prison.
A passage that illustrates society and that time. Most Dominican families accustomed to display a photograph of Trujillo in their houses next to God, as a result, his figure was compared to that of a holy person.
In this passage, the “cross” mentioned by Patria is an example of Biblical imagery as Jesus carried. Patria uses a metaphor that