Essays Tagged: "Mirabal Sisters"

The following is my Analysis of Julia Alvarez's use of imagery in In the Time of the Butterflies.

moments throughout the novel. Alvarez humanizes the landscape and opens doors into the souls of the Mirabal sisters. Unforgiving reality slowly creeps into the reader's mind through dark descriptions ... ve powers emanate through each character's abilities to perceive events and recount situations. The Mirabal sisters(Patria, Dede, Minerva, and Maria Teresa) each have their own individual voices that ...

(2 pages) 76 0 0.0 Jan/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > World Literature

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d supporting characters that fit these themes, some great examples being Major Rügemer and the Mirabal Sisters.Major Rügemer was a Nazi Major who was located in Europe during WWII and had em ... the bystander effect.Another example that portrays the core themes as we learned about them are the Mirabal sisters. The Mirabal sister were a group of four sisters, Minerva, Dede, Maria Theresa, and ...

(3 pages) 1 0 0.0 Oct/2014

Subjects: Area & Country Studies Essays > Travel Descriptions