In the Time of the Butterflies
Alexis DeNisi
Patria starts to have bad things go on in her life. Overall she has lived a very difficult life. From loosing her baby to having her son come home drunk. Her son is only 17 years old and finds it very difficult that her son would do that. Patria then has another baby and talks to a priest to try get him in the seminary. She just wants the best for her kids and it never seems to work out. Chapter 8 has so much craziness such as the invasion on their land. Also when the make bombs and hide ammunition and weapons in Patrias house.
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The voice that speaks to me personally is Patria. I like her the most because how interesting she is. She says what is on her mind and she doesn't care about what people think. For example is her husband, she fell in love with him because of his feet. It can't get anymore interesting than that. I find the whole chapter interesting, it was that chapter you want to have a discussion about with other peers. It is delicate but heart wrenching the same time. It makes you want to continue to read about her story. She goes through a very dramatic thing in her life. Her new-born child had died right in her arms. She describes,"My child, decomposing like any animal! I fell to my knees, overcome by the horrid stench(Alvarez 54)." This describes just how descriptive she is in this chapter.
Women do not have equal rights. In this chapter, two ways this is shown is first off Minerva is not allowed to go to college and that decision was mad by a male adult.. And second she was hit by her father and in the time it was okay. As a women I can surely agree that I do not have equal rights. In business men are given more respect then women. We deserve equal pay. Man can show their masculinity (chest) but girls cannot show their femininity (chest/breasts) to girls it is a law. But he can do it why can't I? Women should not be looked at as objects, we are breathing human beings with a mind, with goals just like men. We are looked down upon and society is always putting pressure on us to be what they want us to be.
Yes, I have been in a situation where a friend caused stress between my family and I. I connect with the book when Lio was no longer aloud at Dede's house. There has been a time when a friend was no longer welcomed at out house. My family wanted me to no longer be friends with this person. And I will agree that the person most likely wasn't the best friend I wanted. I am very open about different people, I don't judge a book by it's cover. On the other hand my family does. Don't get me wrong my family is a great group of people but they have their flaws. Just like in the book Dedé's family were not open to Lio. And immediately took action and set rules.
Yes, I can relate to Patria. Two competing destinies I face in my future has to do with education, being stuck between two things I'd love to do as a career. I face going into science which I had my heart set on ever since I was little. To recently criminology where I have just picked up. I can mostly relate to the beginning of the chapter because everyone wants you to do one thing when you are distracted by the other. Patria faces that in the beginning just like I do. In your heart you want to do one thing, but everyone else such as family or friends want something different. You feel almost pressured into something. This is your future not anyone else, you make the calls.
In chapter three Maria Teresa talks about these two girls who were mean to her, Daysi and Lindia. She always liked asking for advice. She meets this new boy that seems very interested in her. But one day her uncle wanted to celebrate benefactors day at the cemetery, which she doesn't understand why. She talks about how that she lives in a free country. But not everyone lives in a free country like she does. She has become very suspicious with her country, police and her family. She tries to get in depth about what is going on. At the end she decides to dispose the diary that she had made after she had graduated. This diary was pretty much a timeline of her life.
Personally this is a hard question since I am a young adult. Honestly becoming a young adult in the mind is more difficult. Everyday a teenager faces new tasks and see's something new. It takes awhile to grasp the concept and for us to learn. Our brains are still developing and learning new things are quite difficult. We have so much going on our head overflows with emotions such as stress, anger, happiness etc. Having these emotions all at once is difficult. We think differently than adults, we may go deeper into the situation than we need to be and we get caught up in it. We will do anything to solve a problem. We look at things much differently than other people so I think becoming a young adult is more difficult for the mind than the body.
In the book In the Time of the Butterflies, Dede was reluctant to speak with a reporter. In the interview she was asked to talk about her sisters. The only thing that is unusual is that the interview is taking place in March not November. Which is the anniversary of her sisters death and that's when most reporters try to call her. She is scared the reporter knows about her sisters deaths and will asked certain questions. Dede rarely does interviews about her sisters. She only wants to talk about the happy moments of their lives instead of the bad stuff. She feels as if she is pinning them down with a handful of adjectives. The readers (us) only knows she is the last one and she has to explain the story to the reporter which makes her uncomfortable. She doesn't know how to explain the story, she mentions she is playing the happy thoughts in her head as if they were a movie and hopefully she'll be able to come out with the words.
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