Who Is The Power In Julia Alvarez's In The Time Of The Butterflies

The First Step into a Brighter Tomorrow People of high authority can very frequently become power hungry, soon they begin to desire absolute control over everything. When power falls into the wrong hands devastation is inevitable. Leaders are often known to abuse their power, which can quite often lead to revolution. In the novel In the Time of the Butterflies by Julia Alvarez, four sisters Minerva, Patria, Mate, and Dede revolt against Dominican Republic dictator Rafael Trujillo, in hopes of making their country a better place. When power given is used unjustly, citizens are forced to resist, this can be reflected through literature, history, as well as personal experience. In Julia Alvarez’s In the Time of The Butterflies, Minerva Mirabal
After officials in Boston refused to return three shiploads of taxed tea to Britain, a group of colonists from a political group called the Sons of Liberty boarded the ships and destroyed the tea by throwing it into Boston Harbor. The colonists believed that the Tea Act, (the act which imposed the taxes) violated their rights as citizens; hence, causing indignation throughout the city of Boston. Although protesters had successfully prevented the unloading of taxed tea in three other colonies, Boston’s obstinate Governor Thomas Hutchinson refused to allow the tea to be returned to Britain, which resulted in the already vexed colonists to commence a revolution that would bring havoc to the British government. The colonist’s rage towards the Parliament was fundamentally fired from Britain’s demand to have absolute control over the colonies, and the Tea Act proved to be the last straw. The British Parliaments strong desire for power over the colonies, resulted in their downfall as misuse of power nearly always starts a