The Other Sister

Minerva Mirabal’s Courage Maya Angelou said “Courage is the most important of all the virtues because without courage, you can't practice any other virtue consistently”. In The Novel, The Time of the Butterflies by Julia Alvarez, Minerva Mirabal shows a lot of courage. The novel tells the story of four sisters including Minerva. She was the first to get involved in the underground revolution against the Trujillo regime. There are three types of courage physical, moral and intellectual. During a…

ran back to the street. We were nearing closer to Jennifer and her sisters when I felt a searing pain from from my leg; I fell on the ground almost instantly to see the first clown stabbing me in the leg with a small pocket knife. He pulled the knife out and I closer. Blood was gushing out I saw my brother behind the tree getting ready to sneak up on him. He was running at him when He stabbed me again a few inches above the other wound. My brother kicked him in the gut, but the clown just ripped…

leash. Bradley verbally informed them their dog is required to be on a leash. At this point the person ignored him. There were some words were exchanged between Bradley and the other man prior to Bradley walking away, as Bradley was leaving the park he turned around asking the other person if this was their car. The other person replied yes, so Bradley took his key out of his pocket and scratched down the side of their car. Once Bradley had walked a few blocks, to about main street the person…

It was Halloween night when my twin cousins, my sister, and I all went trick or treating but came back with no candy. The four of us decided to all dress up as skittles. I was the green skittle, my sister was the purple skittle, my cousin, Addie, was the red skittle, and my cousin Lanie was the yellow skittle. The only bad thing is that the four of us all live out in the country away from the city, so we have to go to random neighborhoods. Every year we try to go to a different neighborhood so…

The four Mirabal sisters each write from their perspective about living in a time with the dictator Trujillo. The story follows the start of a rebellion that the sisters become the leaders of. Three of the sisters, Maria Teresa, Minerva, and Patria, join the rebellion along with their husbands. Dede is the only one who does not join the rebellion, partly because her husband does not believe she should join. Those part of the rebellion begin to stir up trouble by gathering other people against…

father is still alive. She has to deal with a stepmother and stepsisters because her dad remarried. Her male savior is a prince and they meet at a ball. The setting is back in the day. A tree branch grants her wishes with the animals as helpers. The sister have a cruel ending with their eyes poked out. The prince finds her because of a glass slipper. She had always wanted to go the ball from the beginning. She never met the prince until the ball. The prince finds her and it is a happily ever…

the story of each sister. The Mirabal sisters lived during the time that Rafael Trujillo was in power and became part of the resistance against him, eventually costing their lives. There were four sisters, three of whom were murdered by Rafael Trujillo. Patricia is the oldest sister. She was the most religious (catholic) of the sisters and wanted to become a nun. Dede is the second born sister who was always cheerful and compliant; she was the practical one. Dede was the lone sister that…

our brothers and sisters—’” (Alvarez 166) The embodiment of Patria Mirabel's character is this quote, a woman who dedicated her life to terminating and rebirthing the government system of her home country, the Dominican Republic. Julia Alvarez’s In the Time of the Butterflies revolves around the dictatorship of the Dominican Republic—the dictator being Rafael Trujillo, also known as El Jefe—and the four Mirabel sisters, named Patria, Minerva, Maria Teresa, and Dede. These sisters are what…

“In the Time of the Butterflies” is a historical novel by Julia Alvarez, relating an account of the Mirabal sisters during the time of the Trujillo dictatorship in the 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…

family. Cinderella was so much better than them, she was human unlike the others who were two faced. While the other two sisters got to go out and have fun Cinderella was left at home scrubbing floors and tending to laundry. Cinderellas fairy god mother showed up after several accounts of neglect, and boy oh boy are her sisters in for a surprise. Days came and went and nothing had quite changed yet. Until the day the two sisters went shopping for ballgowns for the princes…