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under the rule of powerful dictator known as Trujillo. Four sisters work together to resist a force greater than themselves to stand up for their beliefs and protect their family. Patria, Dede, Mate, and Minerva, “the butterflies”, experience the loss of their father and family members to the regime. They work together to retrieve them back or use their losses to drive them to overthrow their compelling government. Each of the sisters represent a larger theme of the novel such as religious importance

to explore the concept of social realism as a vehicle for political assertion (art is often used for this reason, especially in situations where voicing one’s opinions outright might lead to trouble). In In the Time of the Butterflies, the Mirabal sisters are depicted as the daughters of a small store owner, in a town where many campesinos, or peasants, live. “Many a night, and this is no different, a shy voice calls out of the darkness, begging their pardon. Could they spare a calmante for a sick

Other Sister was released in 1999, by Touchstone Pictures. It was directed by Garry Marshall, and featured Juliette Lewis and Giovanni Ribisi. The Other Sister is a heart-warming and humorous movie about two young adult’s journey to find their independence. It also happens to feature two main characters that have intellectual disabilities. The Other Sister is a movie about a young woman, Carla Tate, who has an intellectual disability. The movie begins with Carla’s father, Radley, picking her up

fellow friends, come to my palace for an annual water game,” Jully joyfully addressed. “Hello my fellow friends, come to my palace for the annual Ice games,” Clu cheerfully recited. Jully and Clu were throwing a party and didn’t know they were sisters. Jully really wanted to experience that the Wintery Side felt like, but the Summer Side of the world got super worried. “I am going t the Wintery Side,”Jully announced to the entire summer side of the world. Jully and Clu never knew that the Evil

Once upon a time there was a normal guy named Cinderella man. His dad has died and all he has was his evil stepdad and step brothers. They never treated Cinderella man equal. He would have to do everything around the house by himself with no help. His mom never believed how evil they were to him. He never really had anything nice. So one day he was going on a walk and he seen a flies that there's going to be a ball at the castle. So he decided he would finally do something for himself. Soon as he

the Mirabal sisters and imprisoned their husbands as well. Years went by and people found out about the impact the butterflies made . In their time in prison the sisters told stories and educated the woman who was there and opened their eyes to the fact that there was more out there and that they couldn't live their whole life scared of the regime and not even had the freedom to say wherever they want in their own house because some neighbor might hear them and tell on them. The sisters knew it was

Do you still remember the first time you read/ watched Cinderella. Because the Cinderella (the one you're familiar with) is one of many story just like it. In fact there are over 3000 different versions of ¨Cinderella”. The one you're most likely familiar with is the more Child friendly version French version (Disney). The other one i’m gonna talk about is called Little Burnt Face, it is the Native American version. The 2 versions (goes for all) sound different, but if you take the time to line everything

Thesis Statement: Mary Aprarico Castrejon reveals in her essay “The Fighter Bird” grit which she, her Papi, and her Ama have despite their poor living situations. I. Topic Sentence 1: Even though Castrejon is only a little girl, she proves her grit to her Papi, her Ama, and herself. A. Quotation 1: “Papi is proud that I am the only nieta brave enough to do this” (Castrejon 54). B. Quotation 2: “But my ama still watches me, and my papi still stands behind watching her watch me and becomes more and

Cinderella by the Brothers Grimm, a girl’s father becomes a widow and remarries and her stepmother and stepsisters treat Cinderella like a maid/servant. When the king announces that he’s having a three day festival for son, the prince, to find a bride, Cinderella wants to go but her stepmother told her no and that they would be ashamed of her because of how dirty she looked. Soon as they left she started to cry and wished

by Julia Alvarez, the author uses the Mirabal sisters to demonstrate the inequalities set in the Dominican Republic. The dictatorship of Rafael Trujillo causes the Mirabal sisters to come together and overthrow Trujillo’s regime.Trujillo. Rafael Trujillo was despised by many yet many were forced to worship him like some type of paragon. As the novel progresses, illustrations of male dominance often appear throughout each chapter. The Mirabal sisters: Minerva, Patria, Maria Teresa and Dede each demonstrate