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How far would you go to stand up for what you believe in? In the time of the butterflies by Julia Alvarez is a novel that tells the story of four sisters in the Dominican Republic who get involved in a movement against regime of Rafael Trujillo. With each sisters perspective, it is clear the harsh ways Trujillo’s regime has impacted people in the Dominican Republic lives over the years and how people have rebelled against it. Each sister has sacrificed so much to just to stand up for what they believe in and stand up against Trujillo. In Julia Alvarez’s novel In the Time of the Butterflies, she depicts the Mirabal sisters as revolutionaries through the characteristics of bravery and commitment.
The Fight for Political Change The dictator of Nigeria, Trujillo, causes uprisings and discontentment among the people of his country. Many Nigerians detest his strict government policies but are too fearful to protest in a meaningful way. However, four brave sisters, or “The Butterflies”, demonstrate their resilience and individuality in this novel when they strike back at Trujillo and his ways of ruling.
Fever 1793 was written by Laurie Halse Anderson and is based on the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793. Fever 1793 had several historically accurate locations and events as well as people of 1793. In 1793 Yellow Fever broke out in Philadelphia just like it did in the book. In 1793, there would only be free walking blacks in Philadelphia because of the Quakers of this time period. Eliza is an example of one of the free walking blacks in Philadelphia.
Everyone is guided by their own vision of society. These visions direct their actions and control their intentions in every decision they make. In Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury, the main character Guy Montag is a fireman whose primary job is to burn books. When he learns that he brainwashed his society, he rebels against the community following his own vision for them. Along the way, he’s assisted by a rebel, Faber, who assists and cooperates with Montag to achieve his goal for society.
John Biewen, the author of Scene on Radio for his series, ‘The Land That Never Has been Yet’ made this series to talk about different historical events that relate to U.S. democracy. Biewen retells events about democracy in the United States in his own insight that they are glories and full of flaws. Episode 2 of this series recounts a specific historical event with the purpose of interpreting how U.S. citizens used their hardship as an opportunity to demand a better life. This historical event is Shay’s rebellions. Throughout the episode, John Biewen uses different rhetorical modes like example, narration, and ethos to broad out his insights of this event.
One of the strongest traits to possess is not courage nor intellect, but rather love for one another. The novel, In the time of the Butterflies, by Julia Alvarez, perfectly illustrates the capabilities love can accomplish. Love is shown to bond families like the Mirabel sisters together and evoke emotion that encourage others to sympathize with them. The stories about the Mirabel sister’s children, husbands, and themselves, paved a path to ending Trujillo’s regime. The emphasis of love that the sisters and their families share is prevalent throughout the novel In the Time of the Butterflies, as it influences them to protect and sacrifice for one another, which ultimately inspires a revolt to successfully end Trujillo’s regime.
Introduction: “It’s important to have loyal friends” If your friends are not loyal, stop being friends with them. In this essay I will be comparing the short story “Minnows & Zombies” and the short film “Partly cloudy” In the short story, “Minnows & Zombies,” by Rita Williams Garcia, is about a kid that goes to a swimming summer camp and breaks a record with his friends so the leaders take them to the seven eleven down the street. On the way they pass multiple “zombies” who are just homeless people and the kids are scared and hold close to each other, so the leader named Daisy “protects” them, then they get to the seven eleven and go get the popsicles and leave, the kid looks back and sees Daisy buy a water bottle for a “zombie” and the kid
Human rights dictate the power between the people and the government that has control of them. The people of the Dominican Republic during the revolution in the 1930’s through the 1960’s had their human rights violated and completely tampered with. In Julia Alvarez’s novel In the Time of Butterflies, Rafael Trujillo, the country’s corrupt President, violates the Freedom of Expression, No one can take away your Human Rights, and the Right to Life. The Freedom of Expression allows you to think, say, and share what you want.
What is the significance of a notable event if it does not change a person’s life? The story, “In the Time of Butterflies” by Julia Alvarez portrays the Mirabal sisters as typical girls who grew up in the 1950’s and 60’s on their family farm in the Dominican Republic. The Mirabal sisters had the same hopes, dreams, insecurities, and aspirations of girls in their country, yet the path they each eventually chose for themselves lead them to revolutionary outcomes. Each girl possessed a unique personality and each girl called into civil disobedience came from a unique mindset. Despite and because of their varied experiences each sister chose to join the revolution when each of their most dominant core values were called upon or challenged.
Choosing to be your own person rather than being like everyone else can feel empowering after a struggle. In Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury, reading books is a crime. A “criminal” who is caught reading a book goes to jail and the fire department has to burn the book. After Montag, a firefighter, finds himself ignoring rules, he is caught by his chief and is forced to run away, in search of new books and people who understand him. After he finds a group of retired professors.
Within this passage, the author uses first point of view as shown by the use of the words ‘I’, ‘me’, and ‘my’. The tone can be described as intense, solemn, and uneasy. The author uses first point of view to put the text in perspective of one person’s feelings, actions, and reaction to the whole situation. The reader can attempt to connect to the range of emotions the character is going through and knowing the thoughts of the character, they can picture the negative impact the character’s surroundings are having on them. Nijkamp coneys the tone by having the character recall how fear and survival are alike following with how she had not felt afraid in a while until then, when her brother has them locked in and is holding a gun.
Morris Gleitzman uses the first person viewpoint to reinforce the readers experience of the horror of the Holocaust in World War 2. For example when Felix sees the blood of the Jews who were shot, running in the river, he says "The water 's so red it almost looks like blood. But even with all those gunshots the hunter couldn 't have killed that many rabbits."
Miss Peregrine’s Home For Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs is a fantasy story about children with powers and the monsters that hunt them. This book is not all about Miss Peregrine and her children’s home, but more about the peculiar children that live there. The children are all special in their own way. Some can use fire, float, and even turn invisible. The narrator of the book, Jacob Portman, seems very normal but thinks about whether he could fit in with the children at all.
Gothic fiction has been around for centuries and many great works were created with gothic fiction being the main role. “The Vampyre” by John William Polidori is amongst one of the most famous works under the gothic fiction genre. In “The Vampyre” reflects several themes which also reflect current real life problems and issues of the 19th century. Those themes that are going to be discussed are time and place, power, sexual power, the uncanny, the sublime, crisis, and the supernatural and the real.
Do you enjoy a little mystery ? If so Eerie Elementary: Recess is a jungle! By Jack Chabert is a book you'll want to read. Eerie Elementary is a story about three friends Sam Graves the schools hall monitor, Antonio and Lucy his assistants who protect the students from Orson Eerie who wants to swallow the students up. During recess Sam , Antonio and Lucy are passing the ball around, when all of a sudden the ball rolls through a gap in the fence .
