How Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents By Julia Alvarez

The Life of people living underneath Rafael’s region had been experiencing terrible continuous torture. Not giving them the right form of government or the proper protection and freedom as it may seem to other nations or rulers. The Mirabal sisters who grew up in this region were ready to escape this lifestyle and embrace the other freedom, liberty and justice that other countries could’ve provided. You would never want to regret living in the hometown you were born in and the Mirabal sisters didn’t, they loved their country and their culture. This will lead Patria (the oldest sister, born in 1924) Dede ( the second oldest sister, born in 1925) Minerva (the third oldest sister, born in 1926) and Maria Theresa (the youngest sister, born in 1935)

The Mirabal sisters were four Dominican sisters in total with their papa having another four with another women, concluding in their rough upbringing. The sisters were know to live in a middle- class household with both of their parents, all who had been living in a rural town of Ojo De

Auga, Salcedo Province. Located in the Cibao region of the Dominican Republic. Julia Alvarez is a renowned Dominican-American who’s work finds its power interactions: like that between

Last Name 2 personal and political, or novel “How the Garcia girls Lost Their Accents” is based on her families immigration experience. Which led to her connection to the Mirabal sisters. She published stories around 1990 and was introduced to other writers. She didn’t like school In

Dominica and even failed all classes up to the 5th grade. This is when she will move to the

United States and become the women she it today. Alvarez chose to write about the Mirabal sisters because she, herself also had four sisters who passed when they were younger. Dede and

Julia both being the last alive out their family and were both into story telling. Julia’s Dad was well aware of the Mirabal sisters and had connections to them as well. Julia Alvarez

As a kid, I loved stories, hearing them, telling them. Since ours was an oral culture, stories were not written down. It took coming to this country for reading and writing to become allied in my mind with storytelling.”

This was her way to express herself and others while sharing a wonderful yet dreadful time in history. The biographical lens focuses specifically on the author and the lives of the sisters. The novel speaks for itself. Alvarez and the sisters both disagreed to the treatment of Rafael Trujillo and wanted to make it clear to the public what they were feeling behind closed doors, the sisters deserve justice and Alvarez’s novel brings more attention to readers who have experienced the same or lived in Dominican. She reached her goal of becoming a re-popular author who can write stories about people and include others through her perspective and others.

The sisters were fearless and strong activists who covertly defied the regime by handing out pamphlets detailing Trujillos abuses. In May 1960, Minevera and Maria Tresea were sentenced to three years in prison. However because of mounting international pressure, Trujillo had no

Last Name 3 choice but to release the two. General Rafael Leonidas Trujillo came to power in 1930