This is a fiction book based on the historical facts about the Mirabal sisters, Trujillo and the Dominican Republic. Just imagine yourself being in the country which is ruled by the dictator. Would you stand up for your country or would you just be a traditional woman?
In this, In the Time of Butterflies book by Julia Alvarez, Minerva led the anti- Trujillo movement and tried to get the independence, after she found out how horrible he is. For example, when Sinitta said that Trujillo killed all of her uncles, Minerva felt like, “ It was as if I had just heard Jesus and slapped a baby” ( Alvarez 17). Before she knew that Trujillo is a bad guy, she and her whole family put Trujillo next Jesus and respect him as a god. All things got started to change after she found out that Trujillo is a fox who is covered under the sheep’s skin. Different from the other, Minerva protects Sinita from the crowd who is making fun of Sinita by saying, “‘So?’ I challenged the giggly girl with curls like hiccups, who whispered it to me. She shut up real quick. It made me glad all over again” ( Alvarez 14). From that quote, we can clearly see that Minerva is an open-minded, who is ready to speak up for someone and always like to go against
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It’s the secret of Trujillo’” ( Alvarez 17). As the Trujillo’s dictatorship begins, people started to afraid of saying things because he killed every single individual who is bad mouthing about him. In fact, when Lina’s story was unfolded, Minerva said, “ Lina Lovaton had gotten pregnant in the big house. Trujillo’s wife Dona Maria had found out and gone after her with a knife. I guess there was a whole other pretty girl now taking up his attention” ( Alvarez 23). He affairs with many other young girls which makes him gain a lot of haters. He is not only a dictator of the Dominican Republic but also not a gentleman for his family and