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    The dove and his friends are a source of protection for Cinderella. The dove gathered up all his friends and helped her pick up the lentils that her stepmother threw, just so she could attend the ball. Near the end of the story, when the sisters "came to curry favor", the dove pecked their eyes out. Sexton uses vivid descriptions and literary devices to develop imagery. The similes used such as, "Cried forth like a gospel singer", "Fit into the shoe like a love letter into its envelope”,

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    story also reviels how the Mirabel sisters get involved in the revolution against Trujillo's politics and how they deal with their family and friends in the meanwhile. It is remarkable and catching story because it explains how these sisters achieve liberty throughout their union during a terrible reign where women have few rights and brave people are massacred because there's no freedom of speech. Throughout the storytelling, the sisters come across obstacles that require their

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    was sure it was God’s voice telling her to leave the convent to help the poor by living with them. Sister Teresa now 38 went to stay with the Medical Mission Sisters in Pantra to learn some basic nursing skills. She only spent a few weeks there as she had been only given only a year to prove herself. In December she returned to Calcutta to start her own life and moved in with the Little Sisters of the Poor in the slums of Calcutta. Within weeks she was joined by her would be novices, mostly girls

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    complicated further by his inclination to dabble in the metaphysical and occasionally, in the metafictional. Nabokov’s inclusion of meticulous description and word choice coupled with his reliance on unreliable narrators—in “Signs and Symbols,” “The Vane Sisters,” and “Details of a Sunset”-- permits him

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    The scholar is engaged in the interminable quest for truth. The knowledge that one can never understand everything makes a person wise. Ignorance is the assumption that one can understand all about the world around them. An ignorant person is so confident they comprehend the truth, that they are blind to the greater truth. Anton Chekhov and Sophocles deal with the idea of this sinful pride that leads to ignorance in their respective works, The Cherry Orchard and Oedipus Rex. In each drama, certain

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    Throughout the book, all of the sisters changed somehow. They all grew up, matured, and saw things how they never viewed before. While looking at these things at a different perception, they learned to make decisions that were sometimes brave and sometimes cowardly. Each of the Mirabal sisters had to choose whether or not to be fearful and give up, or be courageous and stand her ground, or make sacrifices to show her strength throughout the novel. Out of all the Mirabal sisters, being courageous was Minerva’s

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    What's a Hero to you? When you hear of the Mirabal sisters, which sister comes to mind first? When thinking of a hero, Minerva comes to mind first. She was a hero to many. In In The Time of the Butterflies by Julia Alvarez, Minerva's actions symbol courage, love, and sacrifice. Minerva was a strong individual that knew how to stand for what she believed in. She was mature and responsible. Minerva stood up to Trujillo, had a mindset to go to law school, and was favorited by her parents. Minerva was

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    A true hero Heroes can be anyone who set there mind to it. One woman can be a heroine to all the women and the people who have been misjudged and looked down upon.Minerva died a heroine and remains one today. She fought for what was right even if it meant death.Minerva is a heroine due to the fact that she fought for what was right and that never stopped her. She found out early that Trujillo was a bad guy,she fought for law school, and also had personal issues. Nothing ever stopped her, she fought

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    Minerva Mirabal was a bratty know-it-all that was hellbent on changing the world in some way or another. She was naive and impulsive, but she meant well. But was she the shining light in a dark time that so many people see her to be? According to In The Time of The Butterflies by Julia Alvarez, yes. She was a heroine in a small, yet meaningful, way. She had the bravery to go toe-to-toe with Trujillo, was quite willing to break the law, and wanted nothing more than to get involved with and involve

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    the Butterflies by Julia Alvarez. There were four Mirabal sisters, Patria, Dede, Minerva, and Maria Teresa. The Mirabal sisters stood up for what was right even if it was against the dictator, Trujillo. Patria, Minerva, and Maria Teresa were killed by Trujillo's orders, leaving Dede as the only surviving Mirabal sister. Minerva Mirabal was a heroine because she stood up for what she believed in, she was outspoken, and she was the bravest sister. Minerva was a heroine because she stood up for what she

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