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In the Time of the Butterflies, Julia Alvarez In the Time of the Butterflies is a historical fiction novel by Julia Alvarez, relating a fictionalized account of the Mirabal sisters during the time of the Trujillo dictatorship in the Dominican Republic. The book is written in the first and third person, by and about the Mirabal sisters/5. In the Time of The Butterflies, by Julia Alvarez, is a work of historical fiction based on the true story of the four Mirabal sisters who fought for freedom from the dictatorship of Rafael Trujillo in the mid to late 20th century Dominican Republic. Three of the sisters, Patria, Mariá Teresa, and Minerva, tell their story in first person narration. Alvarez first shows us the butterflies from an outsider’s perspective, giving us the information we might learn from cursory research. She will then create complex, individual characters for each sister to show the real women behind the famous martyrs. Alvarez creates personalities for the sisters, but still sticks to the basic historical facts.

In the Time of the Butterflies, Julia Alvarez In the Time of the Butterflies is a historical fiction novel by Julia Alvarez, relating a fictionalized account of the Mirabal sisters during the time of the Trujillo dictatorship in the Dominican Republic. The book is written in the first and third person, by and about the Mirabal sisters. Introduction. Julia Alvarez's In the Time of the Butterflies () is a work of historical fiction based on the lives of the four Mirabal sisters, who participated in underground efforts to topple Rafael Leonidas Trujillo's three-decade-long dictatorial regime in the Dominican Republic. Three of the sisters—Patria, Minerva, and María Teresa—were slain on Trujillo's orders on November In the time of the butterflies, Julia Alvarez uses symbolism to enhance the central message of the corruption they had to deal with. For an example, "Trujillo is a devil", Sinita the one who describes Trujillo as the devil to emphasize all the bad things he's done that people see as devilish.

Julia Alvarez's In the Time of the Butterflies () is a work of historical fiction based on the lives of the four Mirabal sisters, who participated in underground efforts to topple Rafael Leonidas Trujillo's three-decade-long dictatorial regime in the Dominican Republic. Three of the sisters—Patria, Minerva, and María Teresa—were slain on Trujillo's orders on Novem. In the Time of the Butterflies, Julia Alvarez In the Time of the Butterflies is a historical fiction novel by Julia Alvarez, relating a fictionalized account of the Mirabal sisters during the time of the Trujillo dictatorship in the Dominican Republic. The book is written in the first and third person, by and about the Mirabal sisters. Three sisters, code name the Butterflies, were part of the revolutionary movement. Their memory is celebrated today in their homeland, but they are less well-known outside it. This novel will bring them and their time alive for many more people. Julia Alvarez herself was born in the Dominican Republic, but her parents fled to America in