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In the Time of the Butterflies

The narrative revolves around the lives of the Mirabal sisters, focusing on their resistance against the oppressive regime of Rafael Trujillo in the Dominican Republic. The story is structured using a frame device, where Dede, the surviving sister, recounts the events through interviews and flashbacks.

In the Time of the Butterflies

In the Time of the Butterflies

Patricia

Maria Teresa

Subtopic

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

Observations on structure
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)