Dominican Republic

Diaspora within Dominican Culture Through The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao, Junot Diaz explores the presence of various conflicts between personal and community identity within the culture of the Dominican Republic. Within the book, these conflicts are presented through the experiences and interactions of many characters who struggle with identifying their beliefs and have trouble finding a sense of belonging. Therefore, the onset of physical and emotional Diaspora among the newer Dominican…

To start, on August 6,1960 "Julia Alvarez and her family moved to New York City, exiled due to the tyranny of Trujillo."Alvarez's family left the Dominican Republic."Since Alvarez's father participated in the underground plot which was cracked by the SIM,Trujillo's famous secreat police" other members were captured and started giving out the names of other members including Alvarez father and the only ways for Alvarezs family to survive was moving to the United States. Four months after the…

the Garcías who immigrate from the Dominican Republic to the United States, and throughout these books is a multitude of examples and ways through which identities shape people and families, and what affects them. The Garcías consist of a mother named Laura, a father named Carlos, and three daughters named Carla, Sandra, Yolanda (or Yoyo), and Sofía.…

I was born and raced in the Dominican Republic. In the Dominican Republic at list one member of each family has a family member that has immigrated to some part of the world. Our families immigrate in the search for better lives. In the Dominican Republic there is no such thing as ethnicity, or at least it is not important. Dominicans are not racist among each other; however, many discriminate against Haitians. Haitians often come to our island in the search for new opportunities; jobs, a place…

African Influence in Latin America SHORT QUESTIONS 1. How do the Dominicans use the word “Indio”? By the 19th century, it was a way to use the word to perpetuate and define African ancestry. 2. To begin, Cuban plantations were conducted as prison due to the fear of revolution taking place, as it had in Haiti. Furthermore, the feature that all plantation owners had that resembled prisons was a watch tower and constant observation of slaves. 3. Blanqueamiento or whitening was implemented by…

sisters and many characters from In The Time of The Butterflies use education, unity, and love to motivate themselves to get to a point of freedom from the power oppressing them. Julia Alvarez uses this power structure to enhance the fact that the Dominican people suffered so much and illustrate how hard they worked to gain power over their dictator.…

The Mirabals; Patria, Minerva, and Maria Teresa, were the butterflies of the rebellion against Trujillo. They helped start the Fourteenth of July Movement against the regime. For many Dominicans, they were their hope of restoring the country from corruption and injustice. They were a symbol for courage, as they freed themselves from the shackles of El Jefe and stood up to him. They did not settle for oppression. Just like butterflies, they spread their wings, showing off their beautiful colors,…

Julia Alvarez grew up to age ten in the Dominican Republic. In this time period sugar cane was a booming industry, Catholicism was the top religion, and poverty was running rampant. Julia lived in a time when the government in the Dominican Republic was very corrupt. Anyone that disparaged the president was assassinated. Julia is associated with postmodernism (1996-present) and is still writing even today. This era loves independence, discovering of self, acceptance, and individuality. Julia was…

Parsley massacre, the psychological scars afterward, and the different social classes. The violence throughout the book is very realistic to the pains that the Haitian experienced under Trujillo. Many of the Haitians would be forced out of the Dominican Republic…

their African lineage, seeing as a source of national pride. And while being one of the most impoverished countries in Latin America, it’s culture is based founded on a solid identiy. The dramatic differences between the nations of Haiti and the Dominican Republic validate that race is a social construct of race. Ideologies that are a “complex consciousness of color” blurring the line between blackness and whiteness also pointing out that “color correlates with class and culture shapes their…