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Does anyone know ten or so quotes about how there was masculinity or femininity in the novel In the Time of the Butterflies by Julia Alvarez? Posted by coselect on Sep 8, 2008. |
In the Time of the Butterflies Group
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This novel is all about feminist and male perceptions of issues and events. Father to his tiny daughter: "You'll make a lot of mouths water." Father on daughters: A daughter is a needle in the heart." Headmistress to preteens girls: if we should start our complications we should come see her Patria: It was dangerous the way she was talking against the government...we women shouldn't get involved Lio (male) If I leave my country it's the only way to continue the struggle Dede: a man was a man and a woman was a man and there was a special charge there you couldn't call a revolution Jamito: A jacket over the arm could hide a gun Janito: I believe a woman has to be asked first El Jefe : A woman like you, a lawyer? A man's word is a man's word Posted by sfeld on Sep 9, 2008. |
