Friday, May 23, 2008

In the Time of the Butterflies by Julia Alvarez

This story is about four beautiful girls who were born on a farm in Oja de Agua, Dominican Republic. Their names were Patria, Dede, Minerva, and Maria Theresa. They also had another name and sworn duty to get rid of the Dominican Republic dictator. Their code name was Las Mariposas, or the butterflies.

All the four girls go off to school for their education, where the revolutionary spark is ignited. Minerva is the first to embrace the idea of living in a free country. Her parents do not listen to her idea up until the Discovery Day Dance. They get out of the fix, and her father dies after only a few days at home.

After the school, the girls are all grown up and Trujillo is becoming more and more obsessive. One by one the girls and their families joined the revolutionary group started by Minerva and her husband. They went through rough times like jail, and house arrest and no friends. They believed in their cause and didn't give up when things got rough.

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