In The Time Of The Butterflies Analysis
Title and author of work: In the Time of the Butterflies by Julia Alvarez
1. Significance of the title: In In The Time Of The Butterflies, the Mirabal sisters referred to themselves as las mariposas, which translates to the butterflies in spanish. This book was written about the true story of the Mirabal sisters before their pass. For that reason, Alvarez wrote how it was in the time of the sisters’ leadership.
2. Genre, literary movement, style, historical information, biographical information about the author (address information that contributes to your understanding of the work):
The genre of In The Time Of The Butterflies is historical fiction.Julia Alvarez wrote the book for students to realize the struggle for independence …show more content…
Theme(s): Write these as statements and briefly explain each as it functions in the work. Sample theme statement: Humans choose to remain ignorant rather than face uncomfortable truths.
Women have suffered long enough but now all their suffering payed off with women's rights in many countries around the world. The whole basis of In the Time of the Butterflies is women’s rights and freedom. After Alvarez’s book was published, it spoke to many other women who banded together for women’s rights.
Standing up for yourself, even with the most powerful man in the country, sometimes good , but very dangerous. After Trujillo was aware of the Mirabal sisters, they had been on the radar and needed protection. Minerva even lost her college law license for standing up for herself.
No matter how free one may feel, there is always going to be a little entrapment or feelings of entrapment. In the story,Minerva describes how she feels trapped by her father and soon escapes that feeling, but soon greeted with the feeling of entrapment with the whole country.
9. Memorable quotations with page citations (Cite 3-4 and discuss the significance to the work as a whole). Explain how quotation shows something (characterization, conflict, tone, imagery, irony, theme, etc.) in the work. Be
1. Significance of the title: In In The Time Of The Butterflies, the Mirabal sisters referred to themselves as las mariposas, which translates to the butterflies in spanish. This book was written about the true story of the Mirabal sisters before their pass. For that reason, Alvarez wrote how it was in the time of the sisters’ leadership.
2. Genre, literary movement, style, historical information, biographical information about the author (address information that contributes to your understanding of the work):
The genre of In The Time Of The Butterflies is historical fiction.Julia Alvarez wrote the book for students to realize the struggle for independence …show more content…
Theme(s): Write these as statements and briefly explain each as it functions in the work. Sample theme statement: Humans choose to remain ignorant rather than face uncomfortable truths.
Women have suffered long enough but now all their suffering payed off with women's rights in many countries around the world. The whole basis of In the Time of the Butterflies is women’s rights and freedom. After Alvarez’s book was published, it spoke to many other women who banded together for women’s rights.
Standing up for yourself, even with the most powerful man in the country, sometimes good , but very dangerous. After Trujillo was aware of the Mirabal sisters, they had been on the radar and needed protection. Minerva even lost her college law license for standing up for herself.
No matter how free one may feel, there is always going to be a little entrapment or feelings of entrapment. In the story,Minerva describes how she feels trapped by her father and soon escapes that feeling, but soon greeted with the feeling of entrapment with the whole country.
9. Memorable quotations with page citations (Cite 3-4 and discuss the significance to the work as a whole). Explain how quotation shows something (characterization, conflict, tone, imagery, irony, theme, etc.) in the work. Be