Later in the novel, it turns out she actually did achieved her wish to be Justice, love and the wrath of the god. Which gives her a bright goal for her to chase and become while almost everything surrounding her are dark and hopeless. The way how she looks in the panel shows how serious she is about this, plus the way how she is brave enough to make her opinion, and keep her opinion before the god, which she always admires, and believe in.
Later, when Satrapi is forced to transfer to another school. The teacher discuss and teach them about how great, and how the Islamic Republic change and help the country to prevent having more political prisoners.
Edwards focused on a lot towards how sinners will be punished by God and will suffer an eternal punishment if they did not change their ways. Qualities shown were very serious and religious to achieve a well functioning society. Imagine you and your family living under a gruesome dictator and having no freedom. In this novel you learn about her journey and how she becomes to be the women she is today.
In the novel it also talks about the dictator and is unusual daily life. They live the the Dominican Republic during the presidency of Rafael Trujillo, a ruthless leader.
As they grow up, resistance groups start assembling, and the sisters join in hopes of saving their country, while also trying to live their lives. The theme of fighting and also trying to maintain normalcy in life is the best theme in the entire book. The book was told in a third person narration. Mariam accidentally breaking her mother's piece provides a symbolic foreshadowing of what is about to happen later within the book. The sugar bowl features a painted dragon on its side that meant "to ward off evil.
Courage Courage is strength in the face of pain. Other Minor Characters. Fela — Fela is a housekeeper in the Mirabal household for most of the sisters' lives. After their deaths, She is very saddened by the loss and believes that she is in contact with their spirits.
Rufino — The driver for the Maribal sisters. He is the only driver that is brave enough to drive the butterflies. He was assassinated with them, but his death is often left out of history. Quotes about Religion :.
Patria — The oldest of the Mirabal sisters and the most religious. Patria originally believes that she wants to be a nun, but she decided on a life as a wife and mother after falling in love with her husband, Pedrito. She becomes a mother of the revolution as well, hosting revolutionary meetings in her home. Minerva — The true revolutionary of the Maribal sisters. She wants to become a lawyer, and she questions incidents of injustice at every level.
She is so steadfast in her principles that she refuses to accept a pardon from Trujillo when she is imprisoned because she believes she has done nothing that needs to be pardoned. Minerva acts with the interest of society as a whole in mind. She joins the revolution when she meets her eventual husband, Leandro. She is imprisoned with Minerva and is tortured during her sentence. Her chapters are written in the form of her journal entries that she writes throughout her life.
Trujillo — The dictator of the Dominican Republic. While only appearing in a few scenes in the novel, Trujillo is the antagonist and driving force behind the story's conflict. He preys on young women and creates a cult culture surrounding himself. He gives the order to kill the butterflies. He is a farmer, and he loves the land that has been in his family for centuries but gives it up for his wife and for the revolution.
She prays to the Virgin, who also had to give up her little boy Jesus. Patria now feels especially close to the Virgin as a fellow mother, as Patria debates giving up her son for a greater cause. One day Minerva brings her baby Manolito and asks Patria to watch him, as Minerva will be on the road a lot. Patria tells her that she is pregnant, and tells her the name she has for the baby.
Minerva recognizes this as a sign of solidarity. Minerva and her group start visiting more often, and Patria lets them use her land for their meeting place. When Nelson comes home from school he is excited about the coming invasion, and Patria is excited that he will be safely back at school by the time it happens. Patria tries to convince Noris to go with her, but Noris wants to stay and attend parties. Patria accepts this, and she and group plan to go up to the mountain town of Constanza.
Patria continues to take her own religious path regarding political resistance. This trip will be a watershed moment for her. Nelson had found out about this and gotten angry, but Patria declared that she would rather have a living boy than a dead man.
She thought of how brave Mate looked, and promised to take care of Jacqueline if anything happened to her.
As the most mothering of the sisters, Patria initially takes on the responsibility of raising all the children if something goes wrong. The rumors of the invasion make Trujillo declare a state of emergency, so Patria and her group have to delay their retreat. She is amazed at the beauty of the mountains, and sees some wary-looking campesinos watching them as they drive past.
The group arrives at a cottage where they will live spartanly and pray. Patria feels a renewal of faith. Campesinos are poor, rural farmers.
Trujillo basically shuts the whole country down to protect himself from the invasion. She and her group are talking in the retreat house when suddenly it is rocked by explosions. Everyone falls to the ground. When the shelling ends Patria gets up and sees that part of the house is destroyed, and several of her group are injured. What is the secret of Trujillo? What happens in chapter 5 of In the Time of the Butterflies?
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