Specific Analysis Of Leave Jaimito By Maria Teresa

Specific Analysis: Dedé compares her decision to leave Jaimito and join the resistance force with her sisters to growing a plant in her garden in that it requires persistence, work, and passion. However, she later recounts that she forgot to plant the seeds for her plan, revealing that her plan will fail as a plant must be grown from a seed. The seed represents her character: at this point, Dedé does not have the courage or strength to go forward with her plan, and thus, her ideas for a new life have no base. Without the strength to follow her decision, Dedé’s decision lets her delude herself but ends up being ineffective as she is unable to stand up to Jaimito in time. On the outside, Dedé believes that she wants to leave Jaimito and has …show more content…
Originally crying when teased and confused on the definition of a soul, Maria Teresa does not let prison break her and is able to understand the values of dignity, courage, and love, showing her transition from innocence. As the second-weakest sister, Maria Teresa’s courage in her bleak situation is a tool the author uses to show readers that normal people are able to be courageous, not just strong, independent people like Minerva. Maria Teresa’s fears regarding her life also reinforce the reoccurring theme that courage is overcoming fear and not the lack of fear. In addition, Maria Teresa places love above courage and dignity in importance, because she sees love as what makes one human. This love is not romantic but rather includes empathy and forgiveness resulting from understanding. Having romantic ideas about a better life, Maria Teresa values love as it gives her hope. Without love for the men who have hurt her, Maria Teresa would be unable to see the good in those men or view them as human, but with love, she is able to connect to them. This connection allows her to view their morality in a more hopeful light, and it also allows Maria Teresa to retain her cheerful, loving self. Otherwise, she would become cynical and the negativity would change her as a person so that she loses herself and her humanity. I agree with Maria Teresa, one is able to heal easier with a positive …show more content…
When Sina points a bow at Jefe, Minerva saves the day by confidently leading a chant: “Viva Trujillo!” Yet after her time in prison, she feels ashamed in following the chant, alluding that her view of revolution has changed. Originally, Minerva is sure of her opposition against the regime as her highest priority, which allows her to praise Trujillo with no regrets, as she knows that the reason for the chant is to escape the dangerous situation. At that point in time, she is not a leader and does not have anything to lose by the chant. However, Minerva begins to doubt herself as she weakens in prison and a new content Minerva emerges, which causes her to become unable to justify the chant. Minerva has burdened herself with the responsibility of being La Mariposa, because she believes that she has to prove her strength by being an example to the people, a need resulting from her feelings that she has become weaker. As La Mariposa, Minerva cannot cease in her fight against Trujillo, in order to retain the moral of the resistance group who are inspired by her “courage.” Now, she sees chanting “long live Trujillo,” even as a joke, as allowing herself to be oppressed by the regime and thus betraying her duties as La Mariposa. Minerva can lose reputation and harm the resistance effort through such actions, so her decisions carry more weight than before. However, Minerva is