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    The time period of Trujillo’s control made people feel like they were locked in a cage with no way out. The only way out through many people was religion. The problem was that religion and politics were very much connected. It is a recurring theme in this novel, In the Time of the Butterflies By Julia Alvarez. The connection of religion and politics was seen throughout this novel, allowing the reader to understand the perspective of the character that showed this thematic thread. The recurring…

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    Each of the Mirabal sisters are very courageous, even though some are more outspoken than others. Patria develops her courage out of necessity when she witnesses the horror of Trujillo’s regime. Minerva is the most outwardly courageous of the four sisters and her bravery comes more naturally. Dedé is the most reserved of them all, however she still finds ways to display her bravery and help her sisters. Maria Teresa looks up to Minerva and models her courage after Minerva’s, but she still…

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    the calls of the church be answered and the people’s rights respected. Their arrest and subsequent trials marked the official end of the relations held between the church and Trujillo (Figueredo). The murder of the notorious protesters, the Mirabal sisters only furthered aggression, within a year, Trujillo would be executed by his senior staff, and his regime would be toppled only months later, in its wake, thousands dead, and hundreds of thousands left scarred and…

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    Dede, the only surviving Mirabal sister, being interviewed in 1994. She was explaining to the interviewer and to the readers about her other three sisters’ unfortunate death. This unfolds a series of flashbacks that are explained throughout the book. In the derivation, the reader encounters the Butterflies, the nicknames given to the revolutionist Mirabal sisters, Minevra, Patria, and Maria Teresa (better known as Mate.) Their journey unraveled during the sisters’ time spent at Inmaculada…

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    Minerva Character Analysis

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    In Julia Alvarez’s In the Time of the Butterflies four sisters join an underground resistance group against the cruel dictator of the Dominican Republic, Rafael Trujillo. The plight faced by all Dominicans at the time was a disgrace to human rights. Many lived in poverty due to the dictatorship that controlled the country. Those who spoke out against the totalitarian regime disappeared and were usually never seen again. It was very brave for anyone to stand up to the government for what was…

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    In Barbara Neely’s and Julia Alvarez’s short story narratives of Spilled Salt and Reading to Mr. Torres, they are comparatively filled with similar themes that connect the stories in very reflective and uncanny ways. Both of these stories contain the theme of forgiveness, a theme that’s apparent in both main characters in how they deal with it. These narratives are also heavily immersed in themes of trying to deal with the past in different ways. They both deal with atrocious crimes committed by…

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    “Never let anyone define who you are or decide who you should become” (Mbiaka). This quote by Edmond Mbiaka implies that no one can change a person for the better. It is who that person chooses to be, makes them unique. In our daily life, people put titles on others by the way they walk, dress, and communicate. This can be taught in a positive and negative way. As children grow older, they learn judgment through their parents. Even though parents explain to their children the importance of…

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    Subsequently after Cinderella’s story begin the first thing the story mentions was the death of Cinderella 's mother. After Cinderella 's mother died, her dad gets married to an evil stepmother, that has two daughters that are very spoiled by their mother. To emphasize on how evil and wicked they were the stepmother and stepsisters prevented any possibilities for Cinderella to live a happy life. Under those circumstance Cinderella goes through a lot of mental abuse that have no justification.…

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    Home Narrative

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    My parents got divorced when I was 5 years old so the world of growing up with two Christmas’ and having to always let me friends know which house I was at when they were invited over, was normal to me. I had two blood sisters, three step sisters, a step brother, and a half-sister, and I was never ashamed to tell people that. My life felt normal to me. But what never felt “normal,” was my home. My two decently sized houses with lots of property. My two well decorated and well kept up homes. My…

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    Chapter 1: In the beginning of the chapter the managers of the Opera house are hosting their last performance before their retirement. After the performance, a group of young ballet dancers run into La Sorelli’s dressing room in fear that they had seen the Opera ghost. After some time a mother of one of the dancers told them that Joseph Buquet was found hanging by a rope underneath the stage. The managers blamed the missing body on the dancers, however Gaston Leroux suggests that this was done…

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