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The Time Of Butterflies : - Coggle Diagram
The Time Of Butterflies :
Characters
Four Mirabal sisters
Dede
The survivor
The second born child
Minerva
The third born daughter
Dies in the "car accident"
Maria Teresa
The youngest sister
Dies in the "car accident"
Patria
Oldest sister
very religious
But also loses her religion
Dies in the "car accident"
Trujillo
Ruler of the Dominican Republican
Became ruler by "cheating" his way in
Kills anyone who knows the secret of how he really became the leader
Setting
Takes place in the Dominican Republican
Around the time frame of 1994
It is in the historical fiction genre
Figurative language:
Personification: When the girls are playing volleyball and talking about being alone like the two talking empty chairs.
Symbolism: The butterfly symbolizes freedom.
Themes
Living under a dictatorship.
Mainly talking about politics.
How to rely on family.
How to rely on religion.
Author's purpose
To show how to fight in what is write
to tell the story of how people over threw Trujillo
To always rely on family