In the Time of the Butterflies Questions on Rafael Trujillo
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Is In the Time of the Butterflies a true story?
No, In the Time of the Butterflies is not a true story, but it is based on historical fact. It is a fictionalized account of the lives of the four Mirabal sisters, three of whom were murdered by the...
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Why was Papa imprisoned in In the Time of the Butterflies?
In In the Time of the Butterflies, Papa was imprisoned because he failed to follow protocol and because the authorities suspect him of involvement in the political opposition to Rafael Trujillo....
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In In the Time of the Butterflies, why does the church turn against Trujillo?
The church finally takes a stand against Trujillo's regime after witnessing the way in which Trujillo ruthlessly bombs and kills his own people. In the novel, Patria witnesses this, and feels a...
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What is the meaning of the title "In the Time of the Butterflies?"
In the Time of the Butterflies is intended to reveal the conditions of tyranny and the need to resist it even to death. In the book, Julia Alvarez dramatizes the story of the Mirabal sisters, who...
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Trujillo's regime and its impact on characters in In the Time of the Butterflies
Trujillo's regime in In the Time of the Butterflies creates an atmosphere of fear, oppression, and resistance. The characters, particularly the Mirabal sisters, are deeply affected as they become...
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How and why did the Mirabal sisters meet their demise?
In her work, The Time of the Butterflies, Alvarez tells of the Mirabal sisters' death as narrated by Dede and told to her by various people. There existed different accounts of their death even by...
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Why was Minerva nicknamed the butterfly and her sisters called Las Mariposas?
Julia Alvarez's In the Time of Butterflies is an emotional history, rather than one of fact, involving the despotic reign of Rafael Leónidas Trujillo, dictator of the Dominican...
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What is the significance of this quote from In the Time of the Butterflies?
This quote is said by Patria, soon after her husband Pedrito, son Nelson, and sisters Minerva and Mate, are arrested and imprisoned. She is referring to the mandate that every household in the...
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How does the theme of silence appear in In the Time of the Butterflies?
Julia Alvarez wrote In the Time of the Butterflies in 1994; it is a historical novel about the real-life Mirabal Sisters, who plotted revolution against the Trujillo government in the 1930s...
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Which groups, within and beyond the Dominican Republic, support or resist Trujillo in "In the Time of the Butterflies"?
The book's primary focus is on the resistance movement, the Fourteenth of June Movement. The group was founded by Minerva, Patria and Maria Teresa Mirabal who, along with Felipe Alou were all...
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In The Time of the Butterflies, does the dictator die before or after the sisters? What are the circumstances of...
The sisters died on November 26, 1960, while Trujillo was still alive. He had been a dictator for 30 years, and was very powerful. When the three sisters were murdered, the people of the Dominican...