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iluhbyoo
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High School - 9th Grade

What is one good quote for Chapters 9-11 ?

One powerful quote that goes with Chapters 9 to 11.

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Posted by iluhbyoo on Friday November 30, 2007 at 5:02 PM and tagged with in the time of the butterflies, quote.

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  1. sagetrieb Teacher
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    Chapter 11, which is Maria Teresa's diary while in jail, is as interesting for what it does not say (for many parts have pages torn out) as for what it does. One passage I underlined is: "There is something deeper. Sometimes I really feel it in here, especially late at night, a current going among us, like an invisible needle stitching us together into the glorious, free nation we are becoming" (239).  She refers here to the bond that is being formed among the women inmates, one which did not previously exist because of class divisions and divisions between prisoners who were political and those who were not.  Here all bond as women, regardless of background, which Maria Teresa understands as the foundation for a new sort of society. This contrasts greatly with the patriarchal tyranny exercised by Trujillo, and where that regime is cruel, here in prison the women are kind and helpful to each other.

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    Posted by sagetrieb on Friday November 30, 2007 at 7:13 PM