Symbolism In Liberty, By Julia Alvarez

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In the short story Liberty by Julia Alvarez,Julia uses dialogue to symbolize that all liberty involves sacrifices.In the text Mami and Papi have been stressing how important it was for them to get thier visas and how exciting it will be to go to Amercia, but when the oppurtunity came they realized you can’t gain without lost.On lines 250-257, Julia realizes that she will have to leave Liberty in the Dominican Republic which is hard for her since she had grown so fond of her new dog.”He doesn’t understand and keeps following me.Finally I have to resort to Mami’s techniques. I kick him ,softly at first, but then, when he keeps tagging behind me,I kick him hard.He whimpers and dashed toward the front yard, disappearing in areas of darkness, then