Summary Of In The Time Of The Butterflies By Julia Alvarez

Thomas C. Foster’s How to Read Literature Like a Professor allows people to take books that they normally wouldn’t think to analyze in a certain way and opens a whole new spectrum on literature. In the TIme of the Butterflies by Julia Alvarez connects with the idea and principles of Foster’s book if you take a deep look in the book you are reading. Like Foster says in chapter seven or the bible, In the Time of the Butterflies is a literary work able to connect with this chapter, having a bible reference to extend or emphasize the story thematically.

In the short story “The Moths” by Helena Maria Viramontes, the author uses symbolism and characterization to paint the scene of a girl in a literary fiction that has lost her way and ends up finding herself within her Grandmother through the cycles of life. Through the eyes of an unnamed girl we relive a past that has both a traumatic ending and a new leash on life; however, we do not get there without first being shown the way, enter “The Moths”.

In the Time of the Butterflies during the 1940s, in the Dominican Republic, the ruler or dictator Rafael Leonidas Trujillo punished people if they didn’t do as he told them and plenty of other cruel things. He ruled for about 30 years, so the people were tortured for quite a long time. He became the dictator by eliminating everyone who had power above him. He even married his wives just to use them to get the the top and control everyone. It was just an unfair way to handle things and an unfair country overall. In her book, “In the Time of the Butterflies,” Julia Alvarez incorporates the history of the famous Mirabal sisters by telling the history of their life and how it was back then for their Dominican Republic country. Julia Alvarez

A Cage of Butterflies, by Brian Caswell, is a science fiction book. Dr Larsen starts an institute for children who are geniuses so he can study them. Within this context Society Is represented as a place where those who are different have much to fear than those who are normal. Young people brought in this institute are affected in many ways when they tried to participate in normal sociality outside the institute. Once inside they faced different fears not about exclusion but the risk of exploitation and being used for research and financial gain. There challenge is to take control of their own futures to live their own lives outside the institute in a wold where there is a lot of judgment.

The setting in the two novels plays important roles in both of the plots. In The Butterfly Revolution, the setting shifts in the very beginning of the story. In the journal Winston Weyn receives for his birthday from his uncle, he describes his home. Winston also shares with us that from his parents he half-heartedly accepted a trip to High Pines for the summer. Winston was not like most boys, and instead of playing baseball and doing things that most boys do, he read books. This bothered his brother Howard, which just encouraged Winston to read more and more. His father and mother, both concerned, had multiple talks with Winston but none of these talks resulted in anything. “And here I am, sitting on a thin and kind of smelly narrow mattress on my bunk in a cabin at High Pines” (22). He went from the comfort of his own bed to the smelly mattress of High Pines. The central conflict of the story begins at the camp. This shift of setting allows the real story to begin. Later in the novel, the setting shifts again. Some of the boys begin to venture off into the girls camp, or Low Pines. After the revolution has begun, they take over the girl camp, also. If the girls’ camp was not involved, two out of the three deaths would have been prevented. John Mason would not have died under the

On pages 296-297 Minerva and her son Manolito are conversating if Minerva and her sisters should go home or stay the night at Manolito’s friend house. “Manolito held my hand in both his hands. I wanted to lose myself in his eyes”. “Please mi amor there are too many rumors around”, “I reasoned with him”. Even though Minerva and the girls were brave enough to go down the mountains at dark. Minerva and the girls had a chance to stay in Manolito’s friends house and stay safe from Trujillo’s men. They decided to take that chance of driving down the mountains. While they were driving they started to be chased by Trujillo’s men and they killed them. They heard about plots against their lives and they paid the ultimate price. Being courageous can both help and/or hurt you. In the book in the time of the butterflies the Mirabal sisters were very gallant, but it cost them their

loved, we see how she questions it against the revolution. Minerva reacted, I turned into

In Helena Viramontes’ short story “The Moths,” she explores the thematic ideas of negativity and growth in the context of familial expectations.

The setting of the book took place in the Dominican Republic. In 1960 by Julia Alvarez the Author of the time of the Butterflies. She rented a ca it was with a road map in it.

An American poet once stated, “Great literature is simply language charged with meaning to the utmost possible degree” (Pound). Every piece of literature has an impactful underlying meaning and can be interpreted into universal symbols, motifs, and patterns. Archetypal Criticism is a theory based off common myths, images, and symbols in literature. The definition of an archetype can be defined as a very typical example of a certain person or thing (Davidson). With that being said, readers can apply Archetypal Criticism to In the Time of the Butterflies by Julia Alvarez. Alvarez uses common character types, like the hero and the villain, and also uses the symbol of butterflies in her novel.

In part 2 of In the Time of the Butterflies the character I connected most with was Maria Teresa. There are quite a few correlations between the two of us now that she is much older than she was in the first part of this novel, and not as annoying. The first and most obvious connection is our similarity in age, around 18. During this time she is forced to make the decision where she wants to attend university and what she want to study. Currently, I am facing a similar scenario.

Butterfly's tongue is a film, which is interpret explanations of language and sense of the characters in the movie . Also brings his story: a master of Republican ideas in a very small town with minded people saw, on the principles of what would become the tragic Spanish Civil War. The film screened, as many other films, this special relationship between an adult and an innocent child. Don Gregorio old master, and his student, Moncho the child likes to learn and discover new things. The master, with its good teachings and crafts, strives to enter a world of teaching which contributes its experiences as a teacher and his ideals of Republican politics.

Angelic Butterfly I started my quest to find heaven/ purgatory I desired to find sanctuary I wanted to be free from the sins of the world Little did I know the only way to purgatory/heaven is to walk through hell I entered the gates of hell into the unknown abyss As I walked through hell, I traveled through each layer Of sin. I was afraid, yet I knew I was not alone I felt a presence with me As I went deeper into hell, I felt the heat of the flames get hotter against my skin I saw others engulfed in the flame yet the fire did not consume me As I walked further into the abyss the sins and torment was beyond description; chilling I reached the very bottom of hell, and there stood Satan Stillness

Swimming is easy for those who have trained long and hard, but sometimes that is not true. Take Michael Phelps for example. He trains everyday to get better and better at swimming. During one meet, he faced a difficult situation where his goggles were filled with water. He could not see anything. What could be worse? Could it possibly be a ripped fast-skin, missing goggles, or even a broken cap? The worst is when the goggles flip over the nose. Take a breath, oh, wait, why is it so hard breathe? Maybe you understand me, but to those who do not, how do you think it feels like to have basically no oxygen for 3 minutes? In fact, this is purely about the fact that we must overcome pain to improve. We must experience failure to become a better athletes.

The butterfly project is when a person self-harms, it overrides them, takes over their body. When people self-harm that person is under a lot of stress and self pity. people self harm because they don’t know what to do, so they turn to self-harm.