first part is given from the Haitians’ perspective‚ while the second part is from the dictator Rafael Trujillo’s perspective. This is a significant structural element of the poem because it allows readers to have it allows readers to understand the thought processes of the victims of the massacre‚ the Haitians‚ but at the same time understand the thought processes of the facilitator of the massacre‚ Trujillo. The first part of the poem is titled “The Cane Fields” and is the part which is
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which leaders came out of the war. The Dominican Civil War of 1965 was the result of the existing political upheaval‚ the people’s view of communism‚ and the United States shaping future Dominican politics. The Dominican Civil War was affected by Rafael Trujillo’s authoritarian rule prior to the war‚ leaving the country and its people in disarray. Trujillo’s
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Historical fiction novel: In the Time of the Butterflies by Julia Alvarez is about four sisters living through the dictatorship of Rafael Leonidas Trujillo. In my opinion Alvarez’s work of historical fiction is more beneficial rather than detrimental towards helping the reader understand the Mirabal sisters history and what actually took place. For instance‚ it allows the reader to re-experience how much Trujillo’s regime really impacted the sisters lives‚ accordingly‚ by Alvarez making the characters
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rewrite our destiny. Once the sun had awoken‚ Trujillo declared martial law and began what seemed the recovery process. Immediately after the hurricane‚ Trujillo sent food and water to the barrios where I lived while the construction of apartments began. After this hurricane‚ Spain was no longer our father but Trujillo. Still‚ we should have known that the hurricane was a symbol of something greater‚ but the Dominican Republic needed a hero. We wanted Trujillo to be our
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people. They are able to be effective when the government manipulates people into thinking what they want them to think. Another example is in the novel In the Time of the Butterflies by Alvarez‚ where the dictator of the Dominican Republic‚ Rafael Trujillo‚ manipulates the citizens of the regime that he is a great and powerful person that saved the people from despair and destruction. In the second chapter of the book it states
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The Twentieth Century in Latin American’s history has been a period of no longer whitening the population‚ but a constant fight for equality for Afro-Latinos and the rise of new political parties. In pervious centuries‚ the elite class of Latin America made enormous efforts to transform their countries into more of a European looking nation. Nevertheless‚ these countries lack the capital and conditions to attract European laborers and their families. These failures opened the way for new experimentation
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Trujillo employed this method against people whom he believed had wronged him or to impede their efforts of defeating his government. The author demonstrates this through the unfortunate series of events experienced by the Mirabal family. For instance‚ after
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Hall 1 Makalia Hall English 2 Mrs. McAlister 2/16/15 Julia Alvarez Essay Julia Alvarez was born on March 27‚ 1950. She was born in New York City. When she was three her family moved back to her families’ native land‚ Trujillo. Julia moved back to New York‚ where she graduated from high school in 1967. Then she then attended Connecticut College for two years‚ where she won the Benjamin T. Marshall Poetry Prize. After attending Bread Loaf School of English‚ at Middlebury College. She received a bachelor
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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
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novel In the Time of the Butterflies by Julia Alvarez‚ four sisters from the Dominican Republic face difficulties as they are under the regime of the dictator Rafael Trujillo. Three of the four sisters‚ Minerva‚ Patria‚ and Maria Teresa‚ choose to become members of the underground revolution where they establish a plan to bring down Trujillo. As Minerva learns more about the revolution‚ she becomes the most determined to resist against the political tyranny and reveals how sacrifice is essential when
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