Part+I+butterfly+characters

Directions: Here is a list of characters from Part I (chapters 1-4) of //In the Time of the Butterflies .// As a group it is your job to fill in as much information as you can about these characters. Most groups are only responsible for 3-4 characters so it should be easy to add this information. Remember it is important to add from all the chapters! If you have a question about any of the characters please start a DISCUSSION...and either someone in your class or I will answer your question.

1. Dede Mirabal >
 * 3rd oldest
 * went to catholic school
 * lived through revolution
 * "The sister who survived"
 * is asked how she stays positive..she states that, "she focuses on the cheerful memories of the past."
 * Father predicted that she would be a future millionaire

2. American woman
 * Interviewed Dede about sisters

3. Minerva Mirabal
 * 3rd youngest of the 4 sisters
 * went to catholic school catholic boarding school
 * told her father that she wanted to be a future lawyer
 * Told in the first person voice
 * Going to school was how she "got free" and escaped her family cage
 * Finds out about Sinita and how the government had her brother killed
 * feels a tightening in her chest when ever she hears about Trujillo
 * develops a skit with Sinita to perform in front of Trujillo and his son

4. Maria Teresa Mirabal
 * Youngest of four sisters.
 * Dad thinks that she's going to get all the guys and she's out for money.
 * Born six years after 3rd sister; parents were hoping for a boy.
 * Was told that she would be the tempter of men.
 * her part is told through a diary
 * this is told from the 3rd person POV
 * Lies for Minerva when asked about a sick relative
 * Minerva's explanation is where MT loses her innocence and trust in the government.

5. Patria Mirabal
 * Most religious of the sisters.
 * She's the third, wanted to be a nun.
 * She went to convent school, to become a nun.
 * She's very pretty. (she is the prettiest of the sisters)
 * father didn't give her a fortune
 * as she starts to become a woman she starts to change her mind about being a nun.
 * as she is washing Pedrito Gonzalas' feet she is immediately attracted to him.
 * she marries Peditro and they have two children: Nelson and Noris. She miscarriage her 3rd child...
 * realizes the circumstances of the country by Minerva and she loses her faith when she miscarriage...she sees how God has let others suffer.

6. Mama Mirabal
 * Doesn't believe in fortunes.
 * Very religious.
 * Believes that education is more important then money.

7. Enrique Papa Mirabal
 * Tells Fourtines
 * doesn't want his girls to leave, but he ends up letting them leave
 * Dad of Patricia, Dede, Menerva, and Maria Teresa
 * sisters find out that he has been cheating on his wife and has a "second family"

8. Trujillo ( El Jefe)
 * Dictator of the Dominican Republic
 * Very Mean Guy
 * Killed the men in Sinitas Family
 * Has a thing with Lina
 * Sneaky
 * Had informers hiding, noting people's conversations and then report back to him
 * His images hangs on the wall with the religious images of Jesus
 * rose to power by killing people who were in opposition to him.
 * announces himself president
 * kills people at random

9. Sinita
 * Poor, Skinny girl
 * Rehursing in front of Trujillo, lied to him about who she was
 * The Men in her family got killed by Trujillo brother Jose Luis
 * Minerva's Friend
 * Revolutionary

10. Lina Lovaton
 * volleyball player
 * admired by girls in convent
 * impreganted by trujillo and sent to Miami to get away from his jealous wife.

11. Hilda
 * student at convent
 * rebelious, sneak out to meetings
 * Be friends Minerva and they go to secret meetings together.
 * she is eventually caught
 * tells everyone to destroy their belongings...Minerva=poetry, MT=diaries

12 Peditro Gonzalez
 * married to patria maribal
 * joins revolution and imprisoned
 * had 3 kids: Nelson, Noris, and Raulito

13. Nelson Gonzalez
 * Partias son
 * 3 years old.

14. Noris Gonzalez
 * Partias son
 * 1 year old
 * very cute

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