Quarter 4 Blog 5

IN THE TIME OF THE BUTTERFLIES
I am a little more than half way through In the Time of the Butterflies. I really enjoy how Julie Alvarez uses each chapter in a different point of view from each sister to explain the events in their time. Reading things in journal entries, for example in Mate's chapters are very interesting to read because Mate's ideas and opinions are expressed openly, when in truth that may be the only place she could have done that. Now that the girls are going through college and meeting their husbands things are really starting to pick up. Also, I can really tell which of the sisters really are devoted to the underground system, for example, Dede is too worried about her marriage to have anything to do with the Mariposas. But then there is Minerva who is willing to let her children live with her sister so she can pursue her dreams for fighting for her country. I think there is somewhat of a connection between this book and the book read the first half of quarter 4. They are going on about the same time, but in different countries. In The Secret Life of Bee's Rosaleen, Lily's maid is discriminated against because of the color of her skin, so pretty much she is an innocent person who is not treated right. Like in the Mariposas, the girls close friends and family get persecuted because they know or are related to the Mirabel sisters. So there is unfair discrimination in both of these books.