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A 6 page essay/research paper that, first of all, explains the real-life historical connection of this novel to the deaths of three sisters who were brutally murdered by the Trujillo regime in the Dominican Republic. Then, the writer discusses the structure of the novel and how Alvarez creates characterization by letting each sister narrate the story in turn. A specific passage from the novel is then analyzed. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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visiting their husbands in prison (Mujica 328). Rafael Trujillo, the island nations dictator and he ruled with an iron hand from 1930 to 1961, is believed to have ordered the
murder of the three sisters and may have played a role in the actual brutality (Mujica 328). Like their husbands, the Mirabal sisters were well-known revolutionaries and worked under the
code name "Butterflies" (Mujica 328). Trujillo considered them to be a threat. After their deaths, the "Butterflies" became national heroines and Dede, the only surviving sister, became spokesperson for the
family, relating their story (Mujica 328). Julia Alvarez, a native of the Dominican Republic, comes from a family that participated in the underground to oppose Trujillo. Consequently, she grew
up hearing stories about the three famous women, the Butterflies (Mujica 328). As a novelist, Alvarez created In the Time of the Butterflies (1994) as a tribute to the memory
of the Mirabal sisters (Mujica 328). In a postscript to her novel, Alvarez states that she did not attempt "to create a historically accurate account of their lives and deaths,"
rather her intention was to "reinvent the Mirabal sisters in order to capture their true spirit" (Mujica 328). As this indicates, In the Time of the Butterflies, is a
work of fiction to which Alvarez brings her skills as a novelist in creating characterization for each sister. The book is divided into three parts, with each part consisting of
four chapters, one for each sister (Mujica 328). The martyred sisters speak in the first person, each taking a turn as narrator, while Dedes chapters are told in the third
person and portray her life, both in the past and in the present (Mujica 328). This structure allows Alvarez to dramatize the psyche and mental landscape of each sister.
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