The Mirabal Sisters Character Analysis

The Mirabal sisters are very important figures in Latin America because they became a symbol against victimization of women. According to "Women's Political Participation in the Dominican Republic: The Case of the Mirabal Sisters", Robison stated that, "Trujillo's appetite for young women was legendary... there was no way to refusing... [Minerva] Mirabal apparently rejected his advances by slapping him...

In the first few pages of the book, we are introduced to Malalai of Maiwand, a Pashtun heroine whom Malala was named after. Malalai inspirited Pashtun men to turn the fight around venturing bravely onto the battlefield and dying under fire. Later on in the book , we meet Gul Makai, another Pashtun heroine, who used the Quran to teach her elders that war is bad. In the legend, Gul Makai is able to convince her elders that she can marry her love; a schoolmate and she succeeds . Malala’s story is but one example of this continuous fight.

To save her daughter Ginny, Molly Weasley kills Bellatrix Lestrange during the final battle, one of the most dangerous fighters of the Death Eaters. Even Narcissa Malfoy, who initially believed in the ideology of blood purity and supported her husband in following Lord Voldemort as a Death Eater, changes her views and betrays Voldemort in order to protect her son Draco from him. The mothers serve as a symbol of love and

Persepolis Reflective Statement In the graphic novel Persepolis, Marjane Satrapi incorporates the theme of rebellion throughout the novel. She emphasizes that rebellion is key to her coming of age story and is important to everyone’s coming of age story. The first sign of rebellion is when she wants to be a prophet, women didn’t work, let alone become prophets, she establishes in this moment that she was different from everyone else. Her parents play an important role in her rebellion, they encourage her to rebel, to be “avant garde” (6/1).

The most important moment that Sethe ever has with her mother is when she shows Sethe the slave’s mark upon her body, “the cross in the circle burned into the skin under her breast, by which Sethe will be able to identify her if the need should ever come.”(61) As a result of her motherless childhood, Sethe wishes to be the woman and the mother who has “milk love enough for all.”(100) As Paul D informs Sethe, this kind of love is unhealthy for a former slave woman, who might have anyone or anything taken from her at a moment’s notice. She is considered overprotective, over obsessed and too prideful because of her attitude about her mothering. Even though Sethe lacks a real knowledge of her mother when she was a child, she is still able to claim some information about her from Nan, who was assigned to care for Sethe and the other slave children.

They believed they could create a new order that would promote democracy and not tyranny. Leia’s first love Kier feels obligated to become a senator so that he can represent his home planet. All these characters in the book want to be part of something big for the benefit of others. One example that supports the theme is when Leia is on her Day of Demand and states that she’s going to her complete her training so that she can serve Alderaan(her home planet) as the princess. Leia says, “When I have undertaken these challenges and succeeded in them, you must invest as crown princess of Alderaan”(Gray 7).

Malala Yousafzai Pakistani teenager who was shot in the head by Taliban when she was 14 years old because she was brave to speak out about education and women right in her country. Therefore, the Taliban issued a law stating that no girls’ may go to school. Malala was living in war and was very paranoid, and also, When the Taliban took control of the Swat Valley in Pakistan, one girl spoke out. Malala Yousafzai refused to be silenced and battled for her right to an education.

When the dystopian system took over her country, she tried to escape with her husband Luke and her daughter but they were caught on the border. They took her daughter, shot her husband and took her to the Red center since she was a fertile woman. However, Offred was an intelligent woman, she did everything to protect herself from being killed and sent to the colonies, though life at the red center was not easy but as aunt Lydia said” Ordinary, is what you are used to. This may not seem ordinary to you now, but after a time it will. It will become ordinary.”

Eventually, they captured and imprisoned her. During her trial, Joan of Arc’s silent treatment towards the interrogator only irritated the English, and ultimately they convicted and sentenced her to burn at the stake. She faced martyrdom on May 30, 1431. Joan of Arc is remembered as a remarkable woman who stood by her beliefs and led her people of France to freedom. Catholics are fascinated by her because she became a saint out of her outstanding devotion to God even to the point of death.

One event that shows this theme is when Jane ran away from home and started working as a governor. This shows the theme because she believed she could do it and succeeded. Another place in the story that supports this theme is when Yetta went on strike and fought her hardest. In this scene, the theme is shown because she believed she could make a difference and did. As you can see believing in yourself is one of the major parts of perseverance and was in the story a lot.

The four Mirabal sisters were Patria, Adela “Dede” Antonia, and Minerva. These women are now all seen as symbols of resistance to feminist roles in the Dominican Republic, in addition they are seen as huge advocators for the revolt against Trujillo. Minerva Mirabal was a prime model in the rebellion against dictator Rafael Trujillo’s rule in the Dominican Republic. This woman stood up against the president for her morals and self respect by denying his romances and gambling against him in order to be able to study law which had never been done in the country before. However, once Minerva denied Trujillo’s advances he incarcerated her father and once he was released he targeted her constantly.

Carol Berkin’s book, Revolutionary Mothers: Women in the Struggle for American Independence, proclaims that the Revolutionary War was "the last great romance with war". It was more so a time of turbulence and disorder. The American Revolution did not discriminate against man or woman, class, race nor culture. The Revolution took a toll on the families during this time in history and it also made women important figures. Women were forced to take charge over their families and even on the battlefront.

She was not shy about admitting her failure and how ashamed she was of herself, but instead saw it as a chance to seek out other prospects that would benefit herself and the families of the soccer players she coached (60-61). Openly admitting to her failure and suggesting the idea to begin helping others despite their misfortune, were the initial steps Luma took to reinvent herself and her position in the community. This traumatic experience inspired Luma to help refugee families combat isolation and personal issues of their own. Her plan was to start a small

They never see Mariam again. Mariam confesses to killing Rasheed in order to draw attention away from Laila and Tariq. She tries to explain that she was defending herself when she killed Rasheed, but the judge sentences Mariam to death. She is publicly

She began to have hope in something bigger than her and this pushed her to get on for her life for her and for Dennis. “I started to become a Christian and the Jew in me began to die (218).” She felt as if her life as a Jew died when her mother died and this is because the only thing that held her back as an actual Jew was her mother. Ruth loved her mother no matter what and to see her go hurt her really bad, but believing in Christianity opened the doors for her future gave her something to hold on to as things were only going to get harder in her marriage. Being an interracial couple in the 60’s was not socially okay; infact they feared people would separate them at times, but they knew God would stay by their side and protect