Lead To Heroic Action In Julia Alvarez's In The Time Of The Butterflies
In, In the Time of the Butterflies written by Julia Alvarez shows that ordinary lives can lead to heroic action. This fascinating story that shows the true story about the love between four sisters, and their families. Julia tells all in her heroic story through one of the Mirabal sisters, Maria. Maria Teresa Mirabal the youngest of the sisters was very passionate about what she believed in. Maria always looked up to her older sister Minerva and decided to join her sisters in their political activities.
Maria became a martyr as a result of her political stance against their dictator Trujillo. Trujillo was the dictator for the Dominican Republic, he was a role model to his people, but not everyone knew he was also a murderer. There were some …show more content…
Before, I always thought our president was like God, watching over everything I did.”
Maria was a very ambitious, loving person. She was a mother to a little girl named Jacqueline and was married to Leandro Guzman. She never backed down when it came to things especially Trujillo. Maria and her sisters put together a movement which was known as the “J14” movement. On June 14th a big movement came together to over throw Trujillo. Due to this invasion it inspired others to organize a movement in order to go against the dictator. The sisters went so far into standing up for what they believed in it led them to get arrested. After fighting for what was right the sisters faced unfortunate consequences. Maria and her sisters Minerva and Patria were killed by some of Trujillo’s men. The men ran the sisters off of the road and murdered them one by one. Dede the only surviving sister continues to tell the story of what happened leading up to the accident. Trujillo wanted them gone because they tried to overthrow him as dictator. Maria and her sisters were very heroic woman seeing that they fought trying to do what was right and it ended up costing them their
Maria became a martyr as a result of her political stance against their dictator Trujillo. Trujillo was the dictator for the Dominican Republic, he was a role model to his people, but not everyone knew he was also a murderer. There were some …show more content…
Before, I always thought our president was like God, watching over everything I did.”
Maria was a very ambitious, loving person. She was a mother to a little girl named Jacqueline and was married to Leandro Guzman. She never backed down when it came to things especially Trujillo. Maria and her sisters put together a movement which was known as the “J14” movement. On June 14th a big movement came together to over throw Trujillo. Due to this invasion it inspired others to organize a movement in order to go against the dictator. The sisters went so far into standing up for what they believed in it led them to get arrested. After fighting for what was right the sisters faced unfortunate consequences. Maria and her sisters Minerva and Patria were killed by some of Trujillo’s men. The men ran the sisters off of the road and murdered them one by one. Dede the only surviving sister continues to tell the story of what happened leading up to the accident. Trujillo wanted them gone because they tried to overthrow him as dictator. Maria and her sisters were very heroic woman seeing that they fought trying to do what was right and it ended up costing them their