Sister

the Butterflies. Mujica’s negative connotation begins right off the bat when she states, “If you weren't an avid admirer of the Mirabal sisters to begin with, Julia Alvarez's new novel In the Time of the Butterflies probably won't change your mind” (Mujica). This statement is over generalized as it may change some minds. To me, the novel enhances the Mirabal sisters for those who have heard of them and for those who have not. The novel gives characteristics and emotions to the girls, allowing…

For example, there is always an evil villain, or in this case the stepmothers and stepsisters. In the two stories, Cinderella and Cendrillon, both of the girls are treated poorly by their stepmothers and sisters. The stepmothers represent the evil villians/antagonist and the stepsister/sisters as the villains minions. The evil villain/antagonist, represented in Cinderella as the stepmother, helps bring out the social necessities in the story. For example, the stepmother treats Cinderella very…

Period 2 Once upon there was a so called “princess” named Cinderella. She had two sisters, Lottie and Dottie, and yes of course I am Lottie. Cinderella is NOT who you think she is. She is a rotten liar, so don’t let her fool you by saying Dottie and I are the evil step sisters. In fact, she lies so much I am planning on catching her in one to get her in even more trouble since she’s soooo good at everything. My sister, mother and I don’t exactly hate Cinderella, we just don’t like the fact…

to interview my older sister, Taylor B) My interview partner is 18 years old. C) I chose this person not because she's my sister, but because we share a similar childhood so when I get older it'll be fun to look back at this interview and remember what we discussed. D) The questions will be focused on the topic of our relationship as sisters. 1) When you heard that you were going to have a younger sibling, how did you feel? 2) What did you expect me to be as a sister when you were…

they live happily ever after. The movie stars a young girl named Cinderella that lives with her evil step mother and step sisters, who treat her very poorly and as if she’s the house maid, living in the attic. Her father passed away after remarrying a woman and moving in with her and her two daughters. Cinderella spends her days cleaning up after her step mother and two step sisters, getting through her days by singing and hanging out with the animals she had befriended. One day, she heard about…

Specific Analysis: As Dedé is the only one of the four sisters still alive, she feels responsible for making sure that they are remembered correctly as opposed to being glorified. She contrasts the women they actually are to the heroines that the public sees to show that they, too, are ordinary humans with strengths, weaknesses, and morals. However, she believes that even her own nieces and nephews stereotype her sisters as heroines because of their fame, only knowing the courage and…

Cinderella vs. Little Ashes Although many people believe that fairy tales are the same across all cultures, the truth is that they are extremely different depending on the values of the culture. What that means is that the stories from different cultures are way different tales. For example the “Italian Cinderella Story” is way different from the “Native American Cinderella Story” “Little Ashes” so here are some things that are the same and different about the two stories. “The Italian…

“Cinderella” and “Everafter” are the same in many ways but here are some stark differences. In fact they seem to be very different. In “Cinderella” Cinderella cried at her mother’s grave everyday like a baby. While on the other hand feisty and didn’t dwell on the past. Secondly Henry in “Cinderella” had to have birds tell him he had the wrong girl. Henry definitely wasn’t the sharpest knife in the drawer. Like Mrs. Gunn said “you gotta be five levels below stupid if…” you have to have a…

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 my beautiful clothes with raggedy servant clothes and uncomfortable shoes made of wood. I was made into a…

be. In the beginning of the novel, present day Dede, her sister, describes Minerva, saying that “‘Minerva was always into her wrongs and rights.’ Dede realizes she is speaking to the picture of Minerva, as if she were assigning her a part, pinning her down with a handful of adjectives, the beautiful, intelligent, high-minded Minerva… Dede affirms, used to this fixed, monolithic language around interviewers and mythologizers of her sisters” (6,7). Alvarez uses the word “monolithic” specifically…