My Sister Essay

Lucinda off to America for safety from El Jefe. Anita explains her feelings in her journal by saying, “I feel relief to hear that my sister will be safe, even though it means Lucinda has to go away. It’s like one of those operations where they save your life but take out some big part of you” (pg. 74). Inside of Anita’s thoughts, she shows the compassion she has for her sister. Anita wants to keep Lucinda around, but she knows that leaving the Dominican Republic is going to keep her safe. We can…

cats running the streets and cattle just beyond the highway. Settling in for the night with my sister, Zaina, in comfy pajamas and a hot cup of sleepytime tea. We finish up our last sip just as grandma gets done with her famous bedtime stories. Our favorite one about a puppy who lost his mom and trying to find his way home.This is how I began to understand our literary experience. As I interviewed my sister Zaina, it seemed to all come back. I was in that bedroom, I could smell the tea, feel…

Multicultural Research Essay In the historical fiction In the Time of Butterflies, Julia Alvarez, recounts the story of the Mirabel sisters who dared to cross the brutal dictator of the Dominican Republic, Trujillo. Her novel gives a historical accounting of the dictator’s reign of terror and at the same time adds fiction in keeping with the culture of the Dominican Culture at that time. The overall story is one of politics and power through violence but also a story of family and the struggles…

hopes of a civil environment for their peers. The Mirabal sisters…

gotta spice it up a little bit, right? First off there were 2 step sisters, their names were Gertrude and Edna, (I know, what horrible names) they had large noses, and they were a little bit on the chubbier side, and they both had hateful personalities. These sisters were so terribly mean and were also ugly that is was disgusting to even look at them. They made babies cry, and everybody was scared of them, but they also had their sister who was always somewhere around. She was beautiful, she…

My life wasn’t always the best. Back when I was just a young girl, my mother fell ill and died short after. Every day after her death I would visit her grave and pray that I would turn out to be the woman she hoped for me to be. In time, my father remarried to a nasty woman with two unbearable daughters that found joy in pestering me. Although my new step sisters were indeed very pretty, they had evil souls. My step mother did nothing to stop them, instead egged them on and even replaced all of…

to help people who could not help themselves. She had such a big impact on the world but an even bigger impact on the individual. Mother Teresa’s sacrifice and dedication has set an inspiring example for others to look up to and follow. Last year in my service class, a lady came in and spoke to us…

“Hear my cry, Jefe. Release my sisters and their husbands and mine. But most especially, I beg you, oh Jefe, give me back my son. Take me instead.” In this novel, family and sacrifice play a major role. The Mirabal family comes together, with much of the Dominican Republic, to overthrow the dictatorship of Trujillo. As a result, three of the four sisters are assassinated by the tyrant’s agents. This book tells their story. Dedé was the only sister to survive. She is the second oldest of the…

The Magdalene Sisters Natasha Juvera Women in World History 205 Professor Reanne Eichele 20 October 2015 The Magdalene Sisters is a harrowing look at institutional cruelty, perpetrated by the Catholic Church in Ireland. In my review of the movie, The Magdalene Sisters, written and directed by Peter Mullan in 2002, powerfully illuminates contemporary Irish society’s obligation to the survivors of the nation’s Magdalen institutions. Mullan documents the culpability of the church,…

strange place, I felt lost. My life was falling apart one piece at a time. All around, all I could see was a cold dark room as I laid awake, all night long. I do not know what I did to deserve this what my sisters did….. All the feelings inside of me came out like a tornado, twisting devouring all that stood in its path. The school day was the only normal thing that day. It all started at West High school. After school every day I go meet my sister at West High. That day two of my mother’s…