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    Critical Thinking Questions: in The Time of The Butterflies by Julia Alvarez

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    The document summarizes the novel "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez. It introduces the four Mirabal sisters - Patria, Minerva, Maria Teresa, and Dedé - who opposed the dictatorship of Rafael Trujillo in the Dominican Republic. The sisters sacrificed their safe lives for freedom and became symbols of hope under the dictator's oppressive regime. The summary poses critical thinking questions about Minerva's defiance and independence as a young woman, the effect of her relationship with Lio on her family, and the significance of a party the sisters attended at Trujillo's house. It asks why the Dominican people saw the Mirabal sisters as heroes and why their story

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    The document summarizes the novel "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez. It introduces the four Mirabal sisters - Patria, Minerva, Maria Teresa, and Dedé - who opposed the dictatorship of Rafael Trujillo in the Dominican Republic. The sisters sacrificed their safe lives for freedom and became symbols of hope under the dictator's oppressive regime. The summary poses critical thinking questions about Minerva's defiance and independence as a young woman, the effect of her relationship with Lio on her family, and the significance of a party the sisters attended at Trujillo's house. It asks why the Dominican people saw the Mirabal sisters as heroes and why their story

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    The document summarizes the novel "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez. It introduces the four Mirabal sisters - Patria, Minerva, Maria Teresa, and Dedé - who opposed the dictatorship of Rafael Trujillo in the Dominican Republic. The sisters sacrificed their safe lives for freedom and became symbols of hope under the dictator's oppressive regime. The summary poses critical thinking questions about Minerva's defiance and independence as a young woman, the effect of her relationship with Lio on her family, and the significance of a party the sisters attended at Trujillo's house. It asks why the Dominican people saw the Mirabal sisters as heroes and why their story

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    Reading & English Name____________________________________________

    Alvarez/In the Time of Butterflies


    Novel/Film

    In the Time of the Butterflies by Julia Alvarez


    Critical Thinking Questions

    INTRODUCTION
    They were the four Mirabal sisters—symbols of defiant hope in a country shadowed by dictatorship
    and despair. They sacrificed their safe and comfortable lives in the name of freedom. Their codename in
    the revolution was Las Mariposas, "The Butterflies," and in this extraordinary novel, Patria, Minerva, Maria
    Teresa, and Dedé speak across the decades to tell their own stories. From tales of hair ribbons and secret
    crushes to gunrunning and prison torture, they describe the everyday horrors—and the unbelievable joy—
    of life in the Dominican Republic under the dictator Trujillo. Through the art and magic, the martyred
    Butterflies come to vibrant and dramatic life in a warm, brilliant, and heartbreaking story that makes a
    haunting statement about the human cost of political oppression.

    QUESTIONS
    Directions: Using COMPLETE SENTENCES, answer the questions below. Be sure to provide
    evidence from the film to support your answer. Points will be deducted for answers that are
    incomplete and vague; moreover, points will also be deducted for spelling, grammar and
    mechanical errors.

    1. In your opinion, why is it so important for Minerva to go away to school? At school, what influence
    does her friend Sinita have on her? In what ways does Minerva, even at a young age, seem defiant
    and independent?

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    Alvarez/In the Time of Butterflies
    Novel/Film

    2. How does the fight over Lio effect the relationship between Minerva and her family? Why does
    Minerva’s father keep Lio's letters from Minerva? Is he really trying to protect his daughter?

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    3. What is the significance of the party at Trujillo's house that the Mirabal sisters attend with their
    father? In what ways will Minerva's actions haunt them?

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    4. Both in the story and in real life, the Dominican people stood behind the Mirabal sisters and saw
    them as great heroes and martyrs. In your opinion, why is the Dominican nation so taken with the
    Mirabal sisters? What about them is so captivating? Of all those who fought for freedom from
    Trujillo, why does the story of these women endure?

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    ©2007 Created by Evelyn Marie Hart-Benavides

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