Teresa

Dominican Republic. Maria Teresa is the youngest of the four Mirabal sisters. She is very superficial and materialistic in the beginning of the story, but she becomes a resilient, strong-willed revolutionary hero. Further, Maria Teresa is willing to sacrifice herself for the sake of her family’s right for a liberal nation. Maria Teresa is very artificial and bourgeois in the beginning of the story, but she becomes a robust, determined revolutionary hero. Maria Teresa narrates her story by…

Maria Teresa prefers English, because of its practicality as she is more likely to visit the U.S. than France and would need her knowledge of English for communication. Her choice reveals her down-to-earth and simple nature. On the other hand, Minerva is learning…

Teresa Heaver is an inspiring soul and a pet lover, and she is determined to help the pure-bred Samoyeds; she is working with the Kabeara Kennels, whose main aim is to guarantee the general health tips, and makes sure that the breed is adopted by several locals. The organization she is working in enough big for the fun-loving and playful Samoyed breed to run and play, that is six thousand square feet large and have two floors. Along with the organization, Teresa is adamant to provide people with…

St. Teresa of Avila St. Teresa of Avila was born on March 28, 1515 in Gotarrendura, Spain. During her early life, from a young age her mother Beatriz de Ahumada y Cuevas, made sure to raise her daughter as a pious Christian. Meaning that she wanted Teresa to be deeply devoted to God. Around the age of seven years old, Teresa was fascinated by the saints and martyrs and their devotion. Inspired by them, Teresa would often pray in silence and give alms to the less fortunate. Joining Teresa and…

from the Greek word hērōs. According to the Merriam-Webster Dictionary, the first known use was in the fourteenth century. Some synonyms of the word hero are idol, icon or god. Antonyms of the word hero are coward and villain. Both Gandhi and Mother Teresa demonstrate enormous heroic actions, and both exceed the definition…

The “Teresa DeBrito” chapter from Malcolm Gladwell’s David and Goliath connects the size of classes to learning and the amount of money to raising children. I believe that Gladwell did a great job in this essay and I agree with most of his points. An assumption I had before reading was that children who come from nothing have more drive then kids who are raised surrounded by wealth. The reason for my assumption is that I have heard/seen so many stories of people who’ve started from nothing and…

Transformation of Patria and Maria Teresa – Literary Analysis In The Time of the Butterflies by Julia Alvarez takes the reader through the lives of the Mirabal sisters as they are living in the Dominican Republic under the rule of Trujillo and leads up to the death of the three sisters, which, was ordered by Trujillo on November 25, 1960 (“In the Time of the Butterflies”). Trujillo was a dictator who controlled his country in every aspect and exterminated those who opposed him including three of…

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,…

The Catholic Reformation was the scholarly counter-constrain to Protestantism. The longing for change inside of the Catholic Church had begun before the spread of Luther. Numerous informed Catholics needed change. St. Teresa of Avila was a Carmelite religious recluse who did much otherworldly exercises. She completive her life through mental request to God. She was a reformer of the Carmelite Order and is thought to be an originator of the Discalced Carmelites alongside John of the Cross.…

taken from the Portuguese barroco, which is a deformed pearl. This disrespectful term was implied to a style too ornate and on the verge of bad taste. The Ecstasy of Saint Teresa, is a baroque styled sculpture standing eleven feet tall, created in 1652, by Gianlorenzo Bernini (The Ecstasy of Saint Theresa). The Ecstasy of Saint Teresa is a mirror image of St. Theresa of Avila, whom was a Spanish nun during the counter reformation. Bernini had realized St. Teresa’s rapture veiled the topic of…