Jan 3, 2010

In the Time of the Butterflies | Character Analysis

American Interviewer
An American woman of Dominican descent, the interviewer comes to speak with Dedé about the family history. She speaks poor Spanish. She strongly resembles Julia Alvarez herself.

The painted obelisk "A Song to Liberty," erected in Santo Domingo in the Dominican Republic, commemorates the courage of the Mirabal sisters, the protagonists of Alvarez's book. Three of the women were...