In the time of the Butterflies

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Pre/Post Culture Fair Project on Mexico

par Felix Carrion

Thank You Ma'am - Roger

par esha mann

Things to look at when you buy a car

par Daniel Sima

Of Mice and Men

par Charlotte Lacy

Emerging theme 2

Emerging Theme 1

In the time of the Butterflies

Patria

Foreshadowing-The dream she has about her children

Confesses she heard her calling (48)

She loses her baby and loses some faith (52)

She finds love with Pedrito (49)

Struggles against the sexual temptation she feels, tries to listens to God's call (47)

faith (52,58)

Virgencita (46,54,55,56,57,58)

God (44,47,49)

Maria Teresa

Labeled Subtopics

Frame device (Diary)

She must hand the book over to Minerva because it mentions Hilda.42,43)

In June, guards come looking for Hilda, who is hiding at Inmaculada Concepcion, pretending to be a student. (41)

Trujillo's Secrets are revealed (39)

she is summoned to the principal's office to vouch for Minerva, who has been sneaking out of school (38,39)

Guidance of Mante (33,34)

Feeling of Sadness (31,35,37,42)

Minerva

Lines between passages (time jumps)

Labeled subtopics (11, 20, 24)

Foreshadowing (28)- Minerva saves the day foretells her leadership in the movement

Foreshadowing (14)- the room of veils foreshadows Lina’s outcome

Minerva protects Sinita (28)

Lina’s fate reveals Trujillo’s truth to Minerva (23)

Minerva befriends Sinita (14)

Papa lets Minerva go to school (12)

Family (15, 17, 24)

Blood (menstruation and cut) (15, 18, 20)

Secrets (16, 17, 23, 27)

Dede

Structural Observations

Foreshadowing (8)- Papa’s fortune for Dede.

Frame story (Dede the survivor is the story that surrounds the inside story of the sisters)

Frame Device (interview)

Flash back (8)

Key Events

Silent panic of the family after Papa’s drunken remarks (10)

Papa’s Fortunes (8)

Dede’s interview

Repeated images, phrases or ideas

Portraits (5, 6)

Museum (1, 5, 6, and 7)

Garden imagery (3, 4, 5, and 8)