Although this is an era when violence is frowned upon and war deplored, still the soldier has remained an esteemed figure. Even more appealing to the imagination are tales of tyrants and the courage of the underground guerillas that oppose them....

Patria, of Julia Álvarez’s In the Time of the Butterflies, contrasts devastating acts of courage with moments of uncertain fragility. She lives in a time period when her country is ruled by the harshest of leaders, Raphael Trujillo. After gaining...

The novel In the The Time of the Butterflies, by Julia Alvarez, consists of a frame narrative told by the only Mirabal sister to survive the reign of Trujillo, Dede Mirabal. This story takes place in the Dominican Republic all the way back in...

The critical nature of modern society causes the people being judged to feel isolated, ashamed, and worthless. Due to this, contemporary individuals believe that they have to be perfect, in appearance and character traits, in order to conform with...

In Julia Alvarez’s novel, In the Time of the Butterflies, the four Mirabal sisters are caught up in the political revolution of the Dominican Republic. The book focuses on how their lives are changed by this involvement, and the impact the sisters...

The struggle for purpose, identity, and fulfillment has been difficult for a young woman in America through the centuries, as depicted by the various iterations of American domestic literature. From the “angel in the house” trope to feminist...