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    When a lady with an incurable disease prayed by her tomb to get better, she was healed after her prayer. These are the two miracles she has performed to become a saint. When Saint Faustina was at the age of 20, she entered the Congregation of the Sisters of Our Lady of Mercy whose mission is the poor and educate. In the house she was a cook, gardener…

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    Throughout history, women were consistently being undervalued by men. Also, women are always at a disparity and an impediment towards all the men. A colossal amount of opportunities went to men, even in the contemporary era. Henceforth, it wasn't until recently that women have been able to get educated. As early as the 1800s, women weren't permitted to get an education. When women had an education, men considered them a threat and a danger to society. Education has unceasingly been the…

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    back home where she taught in a private school and served the poor through charity (para. 8). As mentioned in the website, in 1880, Frances along with seven young women funded and started, the Institute of the Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. Frances and the sisters wanted to become missionaries in China, however after visiting Rome to obtain an audience with Pope Leo XII. The Pope advised Frances to go “not to the East, but to the West”. Frances along with the seven young women…

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    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 difficult time period in the Dominican Republic’s…

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    of Butterflies, conveys the theme of transformation in each character and the world in which they live. The Mirabal sisters transform throughout the story and in the revolution that starts with them. One only comes to know themselves by the hardships that one faces. Each person's identity is described in the hardships that one overcomes. Minerva Mirabal is the first of the sisters to join the revolution. Minerva is determined to get an education but, even after finishing law school, is…

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    The Mirabal sisters greatly honored and recognized as heroines in the dominican republic and in other parts in the world.They are symbols of courage,love,and sacrifice.They spoke out against trujillo.They were thought to be beaten to death by trujillos people then put in jeep and ran off a cliff.Six months later trujillo's was assassinated and ended his evil dictatorship.there is now on november 25th international day against violence against women. Minerva was the second youngest of the…

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    “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…

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    Butterflies Theme

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    The most common theme in the book is the ongoing struggle of the Butterflies against the government. When the flashback first begins, this particular theme is surfaced during a conversation between the Mirabal family, discussing the idea of Minevra becoming a lawyer. In effect their mother exclaimed jokingly, “Just what we need, skirts in the law!” (Alvarez 10) Minerva insisted that the claim was true, insisting that that, “It’s about time we women had a voice in running our country.” (Alvarez…

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    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…

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    resist authority in hopes of a civil environment for their peers. The Mirabal sisters…

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