Trujillo's Emotional Courage Analysis

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Trujillo has cracked down on the revolution and the men are now sitting hopeless in jail. Patria is worried about the wellbeing of her beloved 18 year old son Nelson. “My heart was beating fast. I knew once I said it I couldn’t take it back. Oh Lord, release my son, I prayed. And then I added what I’d been holding back. Let me be your sacrificial lamb.(206)” This scene shows Patria’s emotional courage as she prays for Nelson, alarmed by what her son must be enduring. In this quotation the word “heart” is significant in displaying Patria’s emotional courage, as it describes Patria following her heart in order to help nelson, something in which she will never let get passed her. Patria is courageous in that there is no wall that will hold her