In The Time of the Butterflies, Julia Alvarez uses allusions to the poems of Jose Marti to express the sisters Minerva and Maria Teresa's priorities around the revolution. Maria Teresa has started to feel longing and sad because she does not have strong relationships and she wishes to get answers for everything. She’s also stating that if she were to love someone then she wouldn’t need answers anymore. She uses this poem by Jose Marti to express her feelings saying, “And so it is of human life the goal / to seek, forever seek, the kindred soul.” (Alvarez 122) The use of “of human life the goal” implies that that to find the one you love the most is the purpose of all mankind and can be achieved and should be achieved by everyone. This characterizes
