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How is the connection that Mate and her book share shown in her writing?

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How could the interviewer in the beginning of the book asking where she was in the family age wise foreshadow the sister's character or actions?

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How does the paucity of freedom in the Dominican republic affect the Mirabal sisters' lives?

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How does the paucity of freedom in the Dominican republic affect the Mirabal sisters' lives?

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What caused Dede to become so closed off?

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How does Patria derail from her "calling" and "fate" and what does she do instead of following

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What is the strongest themes/lessons illustrated throughout this novel?

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What is the strongest themes/lessons illustrated throughout this novel?

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What if Dede's husband, Jaimito, had obliged to their sister's request to join the revolution?

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In prison, Minerva helps her sister Maria Teresa to be strong, but Minerva has to struggle with her own emotions by herself. How has Minerva character change after her time in prison? Is it possible that this could have affected Minerva to become mentally ill?

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What if Minerva got to practice law, after getting her degree?

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What would have happened with the family if Patria had been taken to jail with Minerva and Mate?

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From the Ted Talk by Chimamanda, she states that "we define masculinity in a very narrow way, masculinity becomes this hard, small cage and we put boys inside this cage" How does this quote also relate to Minerva setting the bunnies free from the cage and how does it also relate to some the characterization and actions of the Mirabal Sister's husbands?

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As Minerva reflects upon her past experiences with people such as Lio, Trujillo, and Papa, who has served as her primary motivation to fight against Trujillo and be part of the revolution? (pg. 258)

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If the Mirabal sisters were never informed about Trujillo's secret, but still chose to participate in the Revolution, would they still be heavily involved in the Revolution if they eventually found out about Trujillo's secret.

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What made Dede not want to join her sisters in the revolution, and instead, follow Jaimito?

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How would the sisters react differently if they were never told about the truth of Trujillo, and instead found out when they were older and were not told?

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What does the Mirabal sisters being called "Las Mariposas" symbolize? 

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What does the Mirabal sisters being called "Las Mariposas" symbolize? 

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What if Dede joined her sisters earlier in the rebellion?

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After joining the revolution has Patria let her house slip onto untrustworthy sand like her sisters'? Does the sacking of her home while the SIM were looking for revolutionary material symbolize the loss of her life as a housewife just as her sisters let their home lives sink into the mud?

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In chapter ten when Patria starts praying to the portrait of Trujiilo and mentions. "Maybe because I was used to the Good Sheperd and Trujillo side by side in the old house, I caught myself praying a little greeting as I walked by." (Alvarez 202) How can you see her change in beliefs and where her morality opinion stands compared to when she first got married?

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How does Dede's perspective on Jaimito change throughout Chapter 9?

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How does Minerva's opinion of her home or "rabbit cage" change over the course of the novel?

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Throughout the narrative, how were Dede's morals molded by the other people in her life?

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What if Minerva and Mate accepted the pardon out of prison?

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How did the social judgment of being a woman leader affect Minerva?

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How does Patria value love differently than Minerva?

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Could Dede's garden be a symbol for her growth as a character? (pg.171)

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During a conversation with Magdalena, Magdalena explains that when she gets out of jail, her daughter will be all grown up. She starts crying and Maria starts comforting her. "I just reached out and took her in my arms like Mama always does me." Does the line above somehow show that Maria's life has come full circle?

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If Minerva was never politicized, would that affect her sisters' ability to be politicized?

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If Minerva was never politicized, would that affect her sisters' ability to be politicized?

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What does Dede mean when she says, "Condemn me, it does not matter. History will absolve me"?

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Why do you think some pages are torn out of Mate's journal?

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What causes the sisters to want to join the revolution?

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What if Minerva had decided to turn around the car? How would the story have been changed?

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With the repetition of 'And on the third day He rose again...' is this a symbol for Patria and her relationship with her faith (pg. 201)

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How does the attendant's knowledge of the danger of the pass create a foreboding mood? 'Avoid the pass'. My hand shook. I would not tell the others. It could only make things worse..." (291)

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Why does Patria start to pray to Trujillo's picture in her house?

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In the beginning of the book, Minerva's friend Sinita talks about the death of her uncles and brother. As time passes, the Mirabal sisters (specifically Minerva) grow up to become a symbol of hope for the people. Why is it that Trujillo didn't just kill the Mirabal sisters just like Sinita's uncles who were just, "shot right at the spot" (Alvarez 17)? Is it because of their gender? Is their gender protecting them in way?

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What if Minerva never met Sinita? Would she have find out about the truth about Trujillo and rebelled?

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How do the Mirabal Sisters change the stereotypical roles women play in relationships after Dede states that the sisters, "...wear the pants in the relationship," (Alvarez, 178)?

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How do the Mirabal Sisters change the stereotypical roles women play in relationships after Dede states that the sisters, "...wear the pants in the relationship," (Alvarez, 178)?

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How does Minerva's and Mate's attitude/opinion differ in the prison?

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In chapter 10, the phrase, "And on the third day, he rose again" is used multiple times. How does the meaning of the phrase change for each use?

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Do you think it was morally right for Maria Teresa and Minerva to  neglect their religion?

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Do you think it was morally right for Maria Teresa and Minerva to  neglect their religion?

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In Chapter 9, what caused Dede to become so closed off towards her other sisters? (pg. 177)

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In chapter ten, Captain Pena visits and gives the children candy. After Pena leaves,  Patria is left in anger from their conversation and finds Minou burying the candy he had given the. " "This is bad candy," she said to me. "Yes, it is," I said and got down on my knees to help her finish burying it. (Alvarez 204-205) What does the candy represent in relation  to the Mirabal family/Mirabal sister, Captain Pena or Trujillo

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What is the significance of the quote and what does it symbolize "The butterflies are sad today" from page 269?

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Had Minerva heeded the store clerk's warning, would the Mirabel sisters have stayed alive?

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Internalized Misogyny in relation to Dede

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Internalized Misogyny in relation to Dede

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In Chimamanda's Ted Talk She remembers an incident wherein an African woman told her that, "Feminism was not our culture and that feminism wasn't African" (Adichie). This is an example of internalized misogyny in the real world. Does Dede represent internalized misogyny within the Mirabal family because she chooses to stay home and be a house wife for most of the novel?