Explain how Maria Teresa, in the five year recount in chapter 7, emulates Minerva by combining “romance” and “revolution “

As a narrator, Maria Teresa uses the technique of rhetorical questions, but they are influenced by the brooding nature of her diary entries. On December 31, 1953, as she looks out at the stars, she asks, "What does it all mean, anyway?" When Leandro spends the night on December 1, 1957, she writes, "Guess whose name was in my right shoe all day?" referring to the love spell Fela taught her years ago.

Another characteristic of Maria Teresa's narrative voice is the use of exclamations. After she kisses Berto, she exclaims, "Oh horror! Oh shamelessness! Oh disgust!" In July, when she eats two pieces of the cake Tia Flor cooked for her graduation party, she writes, "My hips, my hips!" This technique characterizes her as an emotional, dramatic woman. Even in a serious situation, such as when Minerva sobs before telling Maria Teresa that Manolo is cheating on her, Maria Teresa writes, "My brave Minerva!"