Rafael Trujillo

In the book In the Time of the butterflies there was a dictator named Rafael Trujillo. Trujillo was the main antagonist of the story and was a ruthless leader in the story. He can be compared to a lot of historic dictators throughout history because he has a lot of similarities with them and has done similar things that almost every dictators has done. One of the dictators that Trujillo can be compared to is Adolf Hitler. Adolf Hitler was the leader of Nazi Germany and is the one of the most…

On its own the island of Haiti had gotten into a racial hierarchy distinguish by the color of your skin. During the eighteenth century this became a predominant issue on the island, which wasn’t handled and can still be seen present today. In this hierarchal pyramid at the bottom of the latter we have the slaves that were exported from Africa and slightly above them were the creole slaves. Creole slaves were born on the island but spoke the French Creole dialect and on top of them were the…

different countries. However they both have a very unfortunate thing in common, both nations have to deal with an over-zealous military and a history of popular dictators. We see in The Feast of the Goat by Mario Vargas Llosa a recounting of the Trujillo regime and the eventual the regimes eventual overthrow by concerned and unhappy members of the military. Similarly in Letter From Turkey: The Deep State By Dexter Filkins, we see an eerily similar situation unfolding in Turkey. In both The Feast…

Trujillo’s Life Trujillo, a man of many powers, considered so powerful that he could wish a family to suffer and they would. The dictator of a weak Dominican Republic, mass murderer, and god like leader. Nevertheless, it could be said that he worked for this, and earned the power, as cruel as he might have been. Because of this he became a very important character to Junot Diaz’s book ‘’The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao,’’ and to comprehend the novel better we need to get a better…

While referencing the terror inflicted on the people of the Dominican Republic under the reign of Rafael Leonidas Trujillo, the author Robert Crassweiler once said: The extent to which violence, both open and covert, is a constant factor in the life of the region may cause surprise. The incongruous and rather unreal quality of many events, whether fanciful or farcical in appearance, may also prove unexpected. Understanding the Dominican Republic’s cultural atmosphere without discussing the…

us and claims that the late dictator, Trujillo, has a close connection with fukú. The narrator also informs the reader that he will be telling us the story of Oscar de Léon, who was the victim of his family’s fukú. Oscar, the character around whom this novel revolves, is a "ghetto nerd" from a family of immigrants from the Dominican Republic. The background of the story takes place in the Dominican Republic under the fearsome dictatorship of Rafael Trujillo, a man who imprisoned, tortured,…

front of Trujillo himself. When they performed their play, one of Minerva's friend, Sinita, was supposed to shoot imaginary arrows at imaginary enemies. Instead, she walked up to Trujillo and shot imaginary arrows at him. Ramfis, Trujillo son, broke her bow in half and asked why Sinita she did that. Minerva’s courage came when she lied saying,”It was part of the play.” By doing so she made herself a threat to Trujillo. Rafael Trujillo is a dictator and leader of the Dominican Republic. Trujillo…

large-breasted daughter from Trujillo, however was anything but easy” (Diaz:217). In…

powerful dictator. Families struggled for their privacy and personal beliefs. One family that struggled was the Mirabals. The Mirabal sisters set history in the Dominican Republic by standing up to the President, Rafael Trujillo. Since the Mirabal sisters stood up to President Trujillo it created a revolution that changed their nation. Life as a Mirabal sister in the Dominican Republic led to many realizations and set history for their nation. Minerva Mirabal went to boarding school with her…

In The Time of The Butterflies the book, like the movie is about four sisters who are set out to change the way their country is set up. During this time the Dominican Republic is dictated by Rafael Trujillo, also known as El Jefe, who to everyone around them is a man who needs to be worshipped and respected. All the sisters exhibit courage in their own way and take part in a revolution that are shown individually in both the book by Julia Alvarez and the movie directed by Mariano Barroso.…