Three Sisters

“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…

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…

stunned. Most brides wait their whole live for the father-daughter dance at their wedding. In an amazing moment, Michaela gave up her dance to her sister. The selfless act for her dying father left everyone in tears, but this was not the only secret in the works. A few weeks before the wedding, the daughters found out that their father, George, had only three…

brought forth in this book, because women were not allowed to have certain jobs, or any job at all. Women were needed to be the one to have children and to also be the ones to watch the children along with any other work around the household. The sisters each have different conflicts mentally and physically when it comes to the struggles and the issues with the revolution. Women were meant to abide by their father’s rules, and they were not able to live life the way that they wanted…

Once upon a time Alive at the beginning of the story. Seems like a loving father who cared for Cinderella as well his stepsisters, but simply could not confront his domineering second wife. When the father went into the town, he asked all three girls what they wanted and brought them what they wished. He is also present at the ball and suspects the mysterious beautiful maiden is his daughter. At the end of the tale he refers to Cinderella as “little stunted kitchen-wench which my late wife left…

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…

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 Mirabal sisters who are “symbols of both popular and feminist resistance”…

Multicultural Research Essay In the historical fiction In the Time of Butterflies, Julia Alvarez, recounts the story of the Mirabel sisters who dared to cross the brutal dictator of the Dominican Republic, Trujillo. Her novel gives a historical accounting of the dictator’s reign of terror and at the same time adds fiction in keeping with the culture of the Dominican Culture at that time. The overall story is one of politics and power through violence but also a story of family and the struggles…

delicious stories. This Boy’s Life: A Memoir chronicles the author’s childhood and adolescence in Seattle during the 1950s, which includes a broken home, lying, stealing, and cheating. In the Time of the Butterflies tells the story of the four Mirabal sisters in the Dominican Republic during the 1950-60s. All except the protagonist, Dedé, are involved in a revolution to oust a dictator, and as a result, all except Dedé are killed. By masterfully using literary elements such as…

tearful needy people. It was her birthday, and she wanted to relax. She wanted to feel loved.” Rachel is also looking forward to her mother’s birthday. She buys a dress, which she really wanted to wear on her mother’s birthday party. Flora, Rachel’s sister, steals the dress. She has an Italian boyfriend and she wants to impress him. She knows that Rachel wants to make her mother happy with the dress but she does not care about Rachel, her mother or the family in general. Flora acci-dently…