How Does Minerva Change

Minerva Mirabal was born on March 12,1926 and she is the third youngest out of all the Mirabal sisters. She is seen to be the most rebellious out of all the sisters and probably the bravest. Minerva is the one who brings the revolutionary thoughts to the family and she is the one that actually opens her eyes to the injustices happening in her country. The reason why Minerva joined the revolutionary movement was because she met a girl by the name of Sinita, Sinita tells Minerva about all the horrible things Trujillo has done to her family; Minerva then considers how Trujillo isn’t the saint as everyone proclaims him to be and how being aware of what is happening has set her free, “And that's how I got free. I don't mean just going to sleepaway
She also found letters from Lio, who has asked Minerva to leave to another country with him. Minerva is angry with Papa and drives to find him but soon runs away. Papa slaps Minerva when he comes back and Minerva tells Papa that she’s lost all respect for him, showing her rebelliousness. Another significant sign of change is when Minerva goes to the Discovery Day Dance and Trujillo invites her to dance, Trujillo thrusts her in a vulgar way and Minerva soon slaps him for that. This is significant in Minerva’s live because it shows that she isn’t afraid of anybody, including the most powerful man in the country. Minerva is also someone who really thinks education is important, she always wanted to be a lawyer and did a bet with Trujillo so she can go to law school. Minerva soon gets married with Manolo under the rain and she moves in with him. She gets pregnant and has a daughter by the name of Minou. Minerva’s sister Maria Teresa moves in with Minerva and Manolo, one day Maria Teresa finds a delivery of guns delivered by someone of the name of
Minerva soon has another baby by the name of Manolito and asks her other sister Patria to take care of him, she had to sacrifice her baby in order to keep on fighting against Trujillo. Minerva’s husband Manolo was the president of the 14th of June Movement, the revolutionaries fighting against Trujillo. Manolo was soon arrested by the SIM and Minerva had to tell Patria she had tuberculosis and she needed pills. The SIM arrested her before she even got her pills. Minerva is locked in a cell with her sister Maria Teresa and with other people who are non political. Many in the prison started wearing crucifixes and the guards were forcing to take them away, Minerva resisted against the guards while Maria Teresa recalled it in her journal, “As she was being marched down the hall, a voice from one of the cells they passed called out,Mariposa does not belong to herself alone. She belongs to Quisqueya! Then everyone was beating on the bars, calling out, ¡Viva la Mariposa!” (238) Soon, Minerva and Maria Teresa are released from prison but they go into house